And didst come to love her!

Sigurd.

I learned to prize her; but one woman only has Sigurd loved, and that is she who frowned upon him from the first day they met. [Rises.] Here ends my saga; and now let us part.—Farewell, Gunnar’s wife; never shall we meet again.

Hiördis.

[Springing up.] Stay, stay! Woe to us both; Sigurd, what hast thou done?

Sigurd.

[Starting.] I, done? What ails thee?

Hiördis.

And all this dost thou tell me now! But no—it cannot be true!

Sigurd.