Enter Helgi from the direction of the tent.
(Silence.)
Enter Ljot, running.
Ljot (puts her arms around her mother). I was so frightened!
Jorunn. Were you frightened? You are quite out of breath with running.
Sveinungi (smiling). And have you no greeting for your father?
Ljot. Dear, dear father! (Embraces him.)
Sveinungi. You were glad when you saw us?
Ljot. I was so glad that I don't know yet what I am saying. I was afraid you had been caught under the ruins. I thought that was to be my punishment.
Sveinungi (stroking her hair). Have you done anything you should be punished for?