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Örnulf.
[Threateningly.] Thou shalt pay dear for this day's work, foster-daughter!
Dagny.
Father, father! Surely thou wilt not harm her!
Örnulf.
Let me be! Now, Sigurd, now can no amends avail between Gunnar and me.
SIGURD.
What thinkest thou to do?
Örnulf.
That I know not; but far and wide shall the tale be told how Örnulf of the Fiords came to Gunnar's hall.
Sigurd.
[With quiet determination.] Maybe; but this I tell thee, Örnulf, thou shalt never bear arms against him so long as I am alive.
Örnulf.
So, so! And what if nought else be my will?
Sigurd.
It shall not be—let thy will be never so strong.
Örnulf.
[Angrily.] Go then; join thou with my foes; I dare outface the twain of you!
Sigurd.
Hear me out, Örnulf; the day shall never dawn