Sigurd.
[Indignant.] Oh, shame!
Dagny.
[Likewise.] And thou canst mock him—mock him, after all that has befallen?
Hiördis.
A deed once done, 'tis wise to praise it. This morning I swore hate and vengeance against Örnulf;—the slaying of Jökul I might have forgotten—all, save that he cast shame upon my lot. He called me a leman; if it <g>be</g> so, it shames me not; for Gunnar is mightier now than thy father; he is greater and more famous than Sigurd, thine own husband!
Dagny.
[In wild indignation.] There thou errest, Hiördis—and even now shall all men know that thou dwellest under a coward's roof!
Sigurd.
[Vehemently.] Dagny, beware!
Gunnar.
A coward!
Hiördis.
[With scornful laughter.] Thou pratest senselessly.
Dagny.
It shall no longer be hidden; I held my peace till thou didst mock at my father and my dead brothers; I held my peace while Örnulf was here, lest he should learn that Thorolf fell by a
