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Dagny.
My brother! Oh, my brother!
[Sigurd is on the point of rushing out. At the same moment, the crowd parts, Gunnar enters, and throws down the axe at the door.
Gunnar.
Now it is done. Egil is avenged!
Sigurd.
Well for thee if thy hand has not been too hasty.
Gunnar.
Mayhap, mayhap; but Egil, Egil, my fair boy!
Hiördis.
Now must we arm us, and seek help among our friends; for Thorolf has many avengers.
Gunnar.
[Gloomily.] He will be his own worst avenger; he will be with me night and day.
Hiördis.
Thorolf got his reward. Kinsmen must suffer for kinsmen's deeds.
Gunnar.
True, true; but this I know, my mind was lighter ere this befell.
Hiördis.
The first night[1] is ever the worst;—when that is over, thou wilt heed it no more. Örnulf has
- ↑ Literally the "blood-night."
