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_Thorolf_.--Certainly! Certainly!
_Helga_.--Swear allegiance to me, Thorolf!
_Thorolf_.--I have ever been faithful to you.
_Helga_.--Will you be obedient to me, Thorolf?
_Thorolf_.--Yes, gladly (_kisses her hand_), now as always before.
_Helga_ (_gently_).--You have always been true to me, and that shall be
rewarded as soon as ever I can.
(_Enter_ BRAND KOLBEINSSON, BRODDI, DEACON SIGURD, EINAR THE RICH, ALF,
HELGI SKAFTASON, _together with six others_.)
_Brand_.--Hail, lady!
_Helga_.--Hail, my nephew! Hail, all of you! My husband has been
expecting you with impatience.
_Einar_ (_aside_).--Now we shall see how sick a man Kolbein is.
_Helga_.--We pray you all to say the least possible about the infirmity
of my husband; I have no more than sixty armed men about me.
_Broddi_.--And who is their leader?
_Helga_.--Thorolf Bjarnason, Asbjorn Illugason, and Haf Bjarnason.
_Broddi_.--And Thorolf Bjarnason remains here?
_Thorolf_.--First I shall return to my estate to give orders as to my
affairs.
_Helga_ (_aside to_ THOROLF).--You speak incautiously, to tell them
where you mean to go. I read your death in their eyes.
_Alf_.--You will not refuse me to keep you company on the way home?
_Thorolf_.--No; I care not to have your company, you insolent fool!
_Helga_.--You will remain here with us, Thorolf, on account of the
infirmity of my husband and our defencelessness otherwise; you can send
some one else to arrange matters on your estate.
(LADY HELGA _and those about her exeunt by door_. BRODDI, ALF, _and_
EINAR THE RICH _remain behind in the foreground_.)
_Broddi_.--Lady Helga has become suspicious of us.
_Einar_.--Sharp are the eyes of my Lady Helga whenever Thorolf is
concerned.
_Alf_.--He has slipped from our grasp, the hellhound!
(KOLBEIN THE YOUNG, _pale and weak, is borne in on shields by_ ASBJORN
ILLUGASON, HAF BJARNASON, _and others_. BISHOP BOTOLF _and_ SALVOR
_enter with them_.)
_Kolbein_.--Hail to you all!
_Botolf_.--Pax vobiscum!
(_They bow to_ KOLBEIN _and the_ BISHOP. KOLBEIN _is borne to the high
seat_. HELGA _stands beside him, also_ SALVOR _keeps near him always_.)
_Brand_ (_coming forward_).--How stands matters with you, kinsman
Kolbein?
_Kolbein_.--Not so very well.
_Broddi_ (_coming forward_).--You have but a small body-guard about you
to-day, brother-in-law!
_Kolbein_ (_pointing to_ BISHOP BOTOLF).--This body-guard _alone_ has
been sufficient for some time.
_Brand_.--You have summoned us to meet you.
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