Helga.—Will you be obedient to me, Thorolf?
Thorolf.—Yes, gladly (kisses her hand), now as always before.
Helga (gently).—You have always been true to me, and that shall be rewarded as soon as ever I can.
(Enter BRAND KOLBEINSSON, BRODDI, DEACON SIGURD, EINAR THE RICH, ALF, HELGI SKAFTASON, together with six others.)
Brand.—Hail, lady!
Helga.—Hail, my nephew! Hail, all of you! My husband has been expecting you with impatience.
Einar (aside).—Now we shall see how sick a man Kolbein is.
Helga.—We pray you all to say the least possible about the infirmity of my husband; I have no more than sixty armed men about me.
Broddi.—And who is their leader?
Helga.—Thorolf Bjarnason, Asbjorn Illugason, and Haf Bjarnason.