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He is fond of me, is my father." "And you, certainly, of him," Gudrid said. "You seem to be a loving couple." "He spoke to me about you," Biorn went on, pursuing his own thoughts. "He was much taken with you, and seemed to think you were singled out for great honour. And clearly you are. But I value my life and so I told my father. And then he spoke scornfully to me, and hurt my feelings."
I am vexed that we should have fallen upon a heathen house, and much more that you should have lent yourself to its wicked customs." Gudrid excused herself. "I couldn't help myself. They are kind people. It would have been ungracious. And I did know the songs. How could I have said I did not?" "And who taught you such songs?" "Halldis sang them," she said; "I learnt them of her."
He was the most eager of them all to cut up the great beast. Karlsefne gave the word, and they fell on the whale with hatchets and knives. Soon the pots were bubbling and the steam filling their nostrils. Karlsefne would not eat of it, and would not allow Gudrid any; but the rest made a feast. It was rich and savoury, very fat; this was the hour of Thorhall's triumph.
"Hush, my dear one it is better. She is not cold now." He made her lie down, with a hot stone for her feet and another for her arms to hold instead of her Walgerd. When she was asleep he said a prayer over the child and sank it in the sea. Then he comforted her as only he could have done it. There was a good deal of sickness on board and plenty for Gudrid to do.
He might beat you." "I think he will not," said Gudrid. Freydis looked at her with narrowed eyes. "And I think that you are right. You know how to make yourself respected, I believe. But many women like to be beaten. I know that I should love the man who could beat me. But he would have to fight with me first. My husband is as timid as a Norway rat. You don't see him here often."
When she did speak it did not seem at all remarkable that she should be perfectly understood. "What is your name?" she said plainly. Gudrid answered her simply, "My name is Gudrid. And what is your name?" "My name is Gudrid," said the woman, and the real Gudrid laughed softly. "Come then, Gudrid, and sit by me," she said, and held out her hand.
For storms beset his ship, and after being driven hither and thither for many months, he lost all reckoning, and at last came to land in Greenland once more. And there Thorstein died, and Gudrid went home to Leif. Now there came to Greenland that summer a man of great wealth named Thorfinn.
Thorfinn Karlsefne, arriving in Greenland in A.D. 1006, married a courageous widow named Gudrid, who induced him to sail with his ships to Vinland and make there a permanent settlement, taking with him livestock and other necessaries for colonization.
And he will be hard to come at in the matter of Gudrid." Einar said no more about her just then, but turned to his affairs and was busy all day long. Then, at supper-time, Orme took him home to his house, where he was to stay so long as his occasions kept him in the country. Halldis made him very welcome, and then Gudrid came into the hall, and he had a greeting for her.
Well, you have had what you have had, and if there is to be no more, you will wait your turn. Is it not so?" "It may be," Gudrid said. "I have learned not to build too high, by falling so far. And I think my Thorstan is at rest. He would not be if he were here now." "Very likely not," said Karlsefne, "if he was of a jealous turn.
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