Mayhap; but will it sound otherwise in the mouths of men; and thou thyself, Gunnar, didst show scant trust in the peace yesterday, in sending our son Egil to the southland so soon as it was told us that Örnulf’s warship lay in the fiord.
Sigurd.
[To Gunnar.] Didst thou send thy son to the south?
Hiördis.
Ay, that he might be in safety should Örnulf fall upon us.
Örnulf.
Scoff not at that, Hiördis; what Gunnar has done may prove wise in the end, if so be thou hinder the pact.
Hiördis.
Life must take its chance; come what will, I had liever die than save my life by a shameful pact.
Dagny.