Gunnar.
No man can know what lot awaits him; mayhap this is our last meeting, Sigurd, and thou wilt repent that thou didst not stand by me to the end.
Dagny.
And long will it be ere thou see me glad again, if thou set sail to-day.
Sigurd.
[Determined.] Well, be it so! It shall be as ye will, although——But no more of that; here is my hand; I will stay to feast with thee and Hiördis.
Gunnar.
[Shakes his hand.] I knew it, Sigurd, and I thank thee.—And thou, Örnulf, say’st thou likewise?
Örnulf.
[Gruffly.] I shall think upon it. Bitterly has Hiördis galled me;—I will not answer to-day.