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The builder, who was also a fisherman, had just come from the sea; and as he ate his evening meal he talked with Liot about the new house, and promised him to get help enough to finish it within a month. This business occupied about an hour, and as soon as it was over Liot lit his pipe and took the way homeward.
"I wanted to see Auda Brent before I went away for the winter. Lovely woman! Brent is a lucky fellow " "Brent is my friend," answered Liot, angrily. But Bele did not notice the tone, and he continued: "I would rather have Auda for a friend."
"If I had spoken in time; there was but a single moment I know not what prevented me. O Karen, I have suffered! I have suffered a thousand deaths!" "My dear one, I have known it. Now we will pray together I in heaven, thou on earth. Fear not, dear, dear Liot; he spareth all; they are his. The Lord is the lover of souls." These were her last words.
Then old Snorro raised himself and answered Liot in the very words of Eyjolf: "'Lay down the good arms thou bearest, and give up also Auda, thy wife." "'Come and take them like a man, for neither the arms I bear nor the wife I love are fit for any one else!" cried Liot, in reply. And this challenge and valiant answer, though fully expected, charged the crowded room with enthusiasm.
Cross it out! Blot it out! It is a shame to the white pages." "Is there here any man or woman who will do Mistress Sabiston's will, and cross out Liot Borson's name for her?" asked the minister. There was a deep, emphatic "No!" And the minister continued: "I would myself rather cut off my right hand than cross out the name of one who has passed far beyond our jurisdiction.
And by and by there came a new minister, who found in Liot a man after his own heart. The two men became familiars, and the friendship made life more supportable to both. It was a hard existence, however, for the child. Liot loved his son, but he was not a demonstrative father, and he thought more of doing his duty to David than of showing him affection or providing him with pleasure.
It is Paul Borson you are asking for?" "Yes, mother." "He went out in his boat with his four sons one night. The boat came back empty. It is two years since." "I am Liot Borson's son." "You?" "Yes. Have I any kin left?" "There is your far-cousin Nanna. She was Paul's one daughter, and he saw the sun shine through her eyes. She is but sadly off now.
Liot quickly raised himself, but he had barely time to distinguish the white horror of his enemy's face and the despair of his upthrown arms. The next moment the moss had swallowed the man, and the thick, peaty water hardly stirred over his engulfing.
Then said an interior voice, that he had not silenced, "Go and tell the sheriff what has happened." Liot turned home at this advice. Why should he speak now? Bele was dead and buried; let his memory perish with him. He summoned from every nook of his being all the strength of the past, the present, and the future, and with a resolute hand lifted the latch of the door.
"The wind is blowing dead on shore, and the sea is like a man gone out of his wits," he said. And Matilda answered, "Well, then, Liot, come to the fire." And as they went toward the fire she stopped before a lovely girl and said, "Look, now, this is my niece Karen; she has just come from Yell, and she can tell a story also; so it will be, which can better the other."
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