That was a lawful deed.
Kåre.
But this morning his men came in arms against me. By good hap I heard of their coming, and fled; but my foemen are on my tracks, and short shrift can I look for at their hands.
Sigurd.
Ill can I believe thee, peasant! In bygone days I knew Gunnar as I know myself, and this I wot, that never did he wrong to a peaceful man.
Kåre.
Gunnar has no part in this wrong-doing; he is in the southland; nay, it is Hiördis his wife——
Dagny.
Hiördis!
Örnulf.