Surely thou thyself hast known it.

Hiördis.

Ay once, and only once; it was that night when Gunnar sat with me in my bower; he crushed me in his arms till my byrnie[[11]] burst, and then, then——!

Dagny.

[Exclaiming.] What! Sigurd——!

Hiördis.

Sigurd? What of Sigurd? I spoke of Gunnar—that night when he bore me away——

Dagny.

[Collecting herself.] Yes, yes, I remember.—I know well——

Hiördis.