Ljot (taking his hand). Be fond of me, father! Be very, very fond of me!
Enter Einar and Sølvi.
Einar. Thank God, you are safe! Then you had time to get out?
Jorunn. No, we were in there.
Ljot. Were you in there? (Goes to the ruins.) How weird it looks!
Sveinungi (goes to the ruins). It is only the one post that holds it all. If that had snapped, you would never have laid eyes on us again.
Einar (looks into the ruins). It's a miracle it didn't break.
Jorunn. Yes, if it had not been God's will, we should not be here now.
Einar (turns from the ruins). It was not any too cheerful out on the hraun either. The place seemed suddenly to have become alive.
Sveinungi. What in the world made you go out there?