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And Frithiof's eyes filled with tears as he listened to his father's praises. In spite of Frithiof's wealth, Helgi and Halfdan looked with disdain upon the son of their father's friend; and when Frithiof asked to have Ingebjorg for his wife, Helgi scornfully answered, "My sister shall not wed the son of a thane. If you like to be our serf, we will make room for you among our servants."
In a rage at the insult Frithiof lifted his sword; but remembering that he stood on consecrated ground near Bélé's tomb, he spared the king, only cutting his heavy shield in two to show the strength of his blade.
I sniffed, for there was a poisonous rank smell in the cold air a smell that I had smelt before. 'If I was on land I should say that it was an alligator. It smells like musk, I answered. 'Not ten thousand alligators could make that smell' said Zuyland; 'I have smelt them. 'Bewitched! Bewitched! said Frithiof. 'The sea she is turned upside down, and we are walking along the bottom.
In the morning of one specially warm night we three were sitting immediately in front of the wheel-house, where an old Swedish boatswain whom we called 'Frithiof the Dane' was at the wheel, pretending that he could not hear our stories. Once or twice Frithiof spun the spokes curiously, and Keller lifted his head from a long chair to ask, 'What is it? Can't you get any steerage-way on her?
"I won't say a word against the girl herself, but her father, as you know, is a freethinker." "I shall be proud to be related to a man who can think freely, without considering his material interests." "Well, let's leave him out of the question; you are forgetting, my dear Frithiof, that you are already bound elsewhere." "What? Do you mean...." "Yes; you have played with Louisa's heart."
The raging sea foamed, and seethed, and tossed the vessel like a feather upon its angry waves, and deeper sounded the thunder, and more fiercely flashed the lightning round the masts. Wilder, wilder, wilder grew the storm. Alas, for Frithiof! "Ho! take the tiller in hand," shouted Frithiof to Bjorn. "and I will mount to the topmost mast and look out for danger'"
His sisters mothered him more than ever, and Louisa began to devote a great deal of attention to her dress. She laced herself tightly and curled her hair. She was by no means a plain girl, but she had cold eyes and a sharp tongue. Frithiof remained indifferent; as far as he was concerned she was sexless; he had never looked at her with the eyes of a man.
And to his wondering eyes a vision was vouchsafed, and the temple of Baldur appeared before him, rebuilt in more than its ancient splendor, and deep peace sank into the soul of Frithiof. "Rise up, rise up, Frithiof, and journey onward." The words came clear as a command to Frithiof, and he obeyed them. He rose up, and journeyed to the place where he had left the temple a heap of blackened ruins.
Frithiof was as happy as a released prisoner, and did not come home to dinner. The boys gathered whortle-berries, and bathed in the lake. It was the first really enjoyable day of his life. When he came home in the evening, he found the whole house in great commotion.
Then a great longing came upon Frithiof to see Ingebjorg once more. He would go northward, even to the country of King Ring; he must see Ingebjorg. What did he care for danger? He must go. To the cold, dark north.
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