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"Would ye rob Erling of the honour of slaying this noted berserk?" he said sternly. Glumm also leaned on his sword; and standing thus, these two watched the fight.
"And pray, how shall we give account of our mission," said Erling, "if you and I cut each other's heads off before fulfilling it?" "That would then concern us little," said Glumm. "Nay, thou art more selfish than I thought thee, friend.
"No, Youwarkee," replied I, "you must not do so; if you make such a jacket as mine, there will be no distinction between glumm and gawry;* the gowren praave, in my country, would not on any account go dressed like a glumm; for they wear a fine flowing garment called a gown, that sits tight about the waist, and hangs down from thence in folds, like your barras, * almost to the ground, so that you can hardly discern their feet, and no other part of their body but their hands and face, and about as much of their neck and breasts as you see in your graundee."
Erling and Glumm mingled with the crowd unnoticed, for so many of the men assembled there had been collected from various districts, that, to each, strange faces were the rule instead of the exception. When the girls were led into the ring there was a murmur of admiration, and many complimentary remarks were made about them.
"Art thou the wife of Swart of the Springs?" "Yes; and he told me not to quit the house till he came back. But that seems so long, long ago, and so many things have happened since, that " She paused and shuddered. "Swart is dead," said Glumm. On hearing this the woman uttered a wild shriek, and fell backward to the earth.
"I say, Glumm, is that a new spear thou hast got?" "Aye; I took it from a Swedish viking the last fight I had off the coast. We had a tough job of it, and left one or two stout men behind to glut the birds of Odin, but we brought away much booty.
"Why, Glumm," he said lightly, "a pretty girl will make most men's tongues wag whether they will or no." Glumm remembered his own obstinate silence while walking with Hilda, and deeming this a studied insult he became furious, reined up and said: "Come, Erling, if ye wish to settle this dispute at once we need fear no interruption, and here is a piece of level sward."
The men of Horlingdal have held a Thing, and Glumm and I have been deputed to see the King, convey to him their sentiments, and ask his intentions." A grim smile played on the jarl's fine features for a moment, as he observed the blood mantling to the youth's forehead. "No good will come to thee or thine, kinsman, by meeting the King with a proud look.
"To what extent!" said Glumm, flushing, and looking his friend full in the face. "Hast known me so long to such small purpose, that ye should doubt my willingness to stand by thee to the death, if need be, against any odds?" "Nay, be not so hasty, Glumm.
It was arranged that while he, Ulf, Glumm, and the hermit should put the girls into the little boat and guide them down the rapid, the men were to leap into the water and swim down.
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