Gunnar.
[To Sigurd.] Thou hast been my friend where’er we fared; thou wilt not thwart me now!
Dagny.
And to depart from the land, leaving Hiördis with hate in her heart—no, no, that must we not!
Gunnar.
I have done Örnulf a great wrong; until it is made good, I cannot be at peace with myself.
Sigurd.
[Vehemently.] All else will I do for thee, Gunnar, but not stay here! [Mastering himself.] I am King Æthelstan’s sworn henchman, and I must be with him in England ere the winter is out.
Dagny.
But that thou canst be, none the less!