Gunnar.
I have offered thee terms of peace.
Kåre.
But Hiördis had no mind to that, and this morning, whilst thou wert gone, she fell upon me and now hunts me to my death.
Gunnar.
[Angrily.] Sayest thou true? Has she——?
Kåre.
True, every word.
Örnulf.
Therefore the peasant besought me to stand by him, and that will I do.