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And you are a very lucky fellow to have her so well provided for. I've told you all I've got to say, and now you may go." "Mr. Gorm!" "I've nothing more to say; and if I had, I would not say it to you now. Your child shall be taken care of." "That's what I call pretty cool on the part of any gen'leman. And you're to break your word, a regular breach of promise, and nothing ain't to come of it!
A beautiful Norman church stands between these barrows, and two massive Runic stones tell that "Harald the King commanded this memorial to be raised to Gorm, his Father, and Thyra, his Mother: the Harald who conquered the whole of Denmark and Norway, and Christianized the Danes." Steps lead to the top of these grassy barrows, and so large are they that over a thousand men can stand at the top.
There was a little hush as we came out of the shadow of the great doorway, and everyone turned, of course, to see us. Gerda was between Bertric and myself, and for the moment behind Gorm the Steward, who ushered us in with all ceremony. She had her dark cloak over her mail, and the hood of it hid her bright helm, and we two were cloaked also. Behind us was Phelim, and then the men followed.
I'll tell you what, Mr. Gorm, you'll find that something will come of it. What do you think I took this letter for?" "You took it, I hope, for Mary's protection." "And by she shall be protected." "She shall, undoubtedly; but I fear not by you. For the present I will protect her; and I hope that soon a husband will do so who will love her. Now, Mr.
Just for a moment we doubted if that was safe for her, but Gorm the Steward had the last word. "Let it be so," he said. "Gerda shall call to her men, and they will not hang back. Then Arnkel must needs give in. Now, the sooner the better for all concerned." The folk ashore had made fast the ship by this time, and were idly waiting while Gorm spoke to us.
That form which moves with giant grace That wild, tho' not unhandsome face; That voice which sometimes in its tone Is softer than the wood-dove's moan, At others, louder than the storm Which beats the side of old Cairn Gorm; That hand, as white as falling snow, Which yet can fell the stoutest foe; And, last of all, that noble heart, Which ne'er from honour's path would start Shall never be forgot by me So farewell, honest six-foot three.
Graham" and under the effect of gin he turned the name into Gorm "that you are going to throw that young girl over?" "I mean to say no such thing. I shall do for her all that is in my power. And if that is not as much as she deserves, it will, at any rate, be more than you deserve for her." "And you won't marry her?" "No; I shall not marry her. Nor does she wish it.
Gorm was one of the chiefs who took part in this disastrous battle of Louvaine and was one of the fortunate few who lived to return to their native land. Apparently it was not the last of his expeditions, his wife, Queen Thyra, taking care of the kingdom in his many long absences.
'It'll be no easy job to pull him back, he said in a whisper. 'It's as deep as the dungeon they put Donald Gorm Môr into, said his cousin Neil. 'Maybe there's no bottom at all, said Duncan, rather awe-stricken. Suddenly a fearful thing happened.
The Faroes contain ten thousand inhabitants, and the three West Indian islands united have a population of a little over forty thousand. In the year 1880 the Danish monarchy reached the thousandth anniversary of its foundation under Gorm the Old, whose reign bridges over the interval between mere legend and the dawn of recorded history.
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