[To Hiördis.] Another pact had been well-nigh made ere thy coming.
Hiördis.
[Sharply.] Between thee and Gunnar?
Örnulf.
[Nods.] It had to do with thee.
Hiördis.
Well can I guess what it had to do with; but this I tell thee, foster-father, never shall it be said that Gunnar let himself be cowed because thou camest in arms to the isle. Hadst thou come alone, a single wayfarer, to our hall, the quarrel had more easily been healed.
Gunnar.
Örnulf and his sons come in peace.
Hiördis.