Dagny.

Father, father! Surely thou wilt not harm her!

Örnulf.

Let me be! Now, Sigurd, now can no amends avail between Gunnar and me.

SIGURD.

What thinkest thou to do?

Örnulf.

That I know not; but far and wide shall the tale be told how Örnulf of the Fiords came to Gunnar’s hall.

Sigurd.

[With quiet determination.] Maybe; but this I tell thee, Örnulf, thou shalt never bear arms against him so long as I am alive.