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strength of his wife Ingrid’s magic, for she is a Finnish sorceress, if Olaf wedded their maid it were surely his ruin. But I must away, my Thane. My hand on thine, and we will swear our fealty on the hammer of great Thor.”
Thore and Sigvalde clasped hands, and the earl, though in name a Christian, laid his palm reverently on the sign of the war-god embroidered on the steward’s tunic.
