(She throws the tissue on the ground, and goes out by
the dais door.)
ODDNY (lifting one of the pieces)
O me! A wonder has vanished.
STEINVOR
What is a wonder less? She has done finely,
Setting her worth above dead marvels and shows.
(The deep menacing baying of the hound is heard near at hand. A woman's cry follows it.)
They come, they come! Let us flee by the bower!
(Starting up, she stumbles in the tissue and sinks upon it. The
others rise.)
You are leaving me—will you not wait for me—
Take, take me with you.
(Mingled cries of women are heard.)
GUNNAR (outside)
Samm, it is well: be still.
Women, be quiet; loose me; get from my feet,
Or I will have the hound to wipe me clear.
STEINVOR (recovering herself)
Women are sent to spy.