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Updated: July 6, 2025
"There is another that fills my thoughts. Still do I see her before me, and still do I hear the sound of her voice in my ears." And then Elsalill saw that Sir Archie was gazing at one of the massive pillars that upheld the cellar roof. She saw, too, what till then she had not marked, that her foster sister stood beside that pillar and looked upon Sir Archie.
"There is something I would say to you, Elsalill," said Sir Archie, and his voice became more tender as he spoke. "When first I saw you, my only thought was of tempting and beguiling you. In the beginning I promised you riches in jest, but since two nights ago I have meant honestly by you. And now it is my purpose and desire to make you my wife.
"What was I about to do?" she thought. "Have I been mad and loved the man who murdered all my dear ones? God forgive my sin!" "When we thought all were dead," said Sir Archie, "we dragged the heavy money chest out of the house. Then we set fire about it, that men might think Herr had been burnt alive." "I have loved a wolf of the woods," said Elsalill to herself.
"What is that you tell us so noisily, my girl?" Torarin asked. "How can you know Herr Arne's moneys from any other?" "Well may I know this very piece of silver from any other," said Elsalill. "It is old and heavy, and it is chipped at the edge. Herr Arne told us that it came from the time of the old kings of Norway, and never would he part with it when he counted out money to pay for his goods."
Now her eyes were the only thing about her that was ghastly. Elsalill saw that they were dim and filmed. They had no glance, and the light was not mirrored in them any more. After a while Sir Archie began again to lament. "I see her every hour. She follows me wherever I go," he said. He sat with his face toward the pillar where the dead girl stood, and stared at her.
"What makes you say it is Herr Arne's money?" "I know the coin," said Elsalill. "I have often seen it in Herr Arne's hand. Yes, it is surely Herr Arne's money." "Shout not so loudly, mistress!" said Sir Philip. "People run here already to know the cause of this outcry." But Elsalill paid no heed to Sir Philip. She saw that the door of the warehouse stood open.
Elsalill kept still; she felt a sharp pain tearing at her heart. But Sir Archie hated her and delighted to torment her. "Then we took our belts and fastened them to the chest and began to draw it. But as the chest left tracks in the ice, we went ashore and gathered twigs of spruce and laid them under the chest. Then we took off our boots and went over the ice without leaving a trace behind us."
"She who weeps so must have a terribly heavy grief," she thought. "She must have to bear suffering heavier than any of the living can conceive." When the service was over and Elsalill had come out of church, she heard the sobbing no longer. But all the way home she wept to herself because her foster sister could find no peace in her grave.
Then the dead girl drew her hand away and wound it in a corner of Elsalill's cloak before she led her on again. But Elsalill felt the icy chill through fur and lining. Now the dead girl led Elsalill through a long corridor and opened a door for her. They came into a little dark closet where a feeble light fell through a hatch in the wall.
Nevertheless, she plainly heard a sound of weeping, and it seemed so near to her that she might have touched the one who wept by putting out her hand. Elsalill sat listening to the sighing and sobbing, and thought to herself that she had never heard so sorrowful a sound. "Who is it that is afflicted with such deep grief that she must shed these bitter tears?" thought Elsalill.
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