THOROLF. Then be of good cheer; soon shalt thou be avenged!
ORNULF. Avenged? Who shall avenge me?
THOROLF. Listen: as I stood on board the ship, there came a man running, with a staff in his hand, and called to me: "If thou be of Ornulf's shipfolk, then greet him from Kare the Peasant, and say that now am I avenging the twain of us." Thereupon he took a boat and rowed away, saying as he passed: "Twenty outlaws are at haven in the fiord; with them I fare southward, and ere eventide shall Hiordis be childless."
ORNULF. He said that! Ha, now I understand; Gunnar has sent his son away; Kare is at feud with him——
THOROLF. And now he is rowing southward to slay the boy!
ORNULF (with sudden resolution). Up all! That booty will we fight for!
THOROLF. What wilt thou do?
ORNULF. Ask me not; it shall be I, and not Kare, that will take revenge!
THOROLF. I will go with thee!
ORNULF. Nay, do thou follow with Sigurd and thy sister to Gunnar's hall.