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Dagny.

Thorolf! All good powers!—thou art a man, grown!

Thorolf.

That may I well be, forsooth, in five years——

Dagny.

Ay, true, true.

Sigurd.

[Giving him his hand.] In thee will Örnulf find a stout carl, or I mistake me. Thorolf. Would he but prove me——! Dagny. [Smiling.] He spares thee more than thou hast a mind to? Thou wast ever well-nigh too dear to him. Sigurd. Whither has he gone? Thorolf. Down to his ship;—go you on; he will follow. Sigurd. I await my men; they are mooring my ships and bringing ashore wares. Thorolf. There must I lend a hand! [Goes down towards the shore.

Sigurd.

[After a moment's reflection.] Dagny, my wife,