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What was he but a troth-breaker, a liar and that in strong fact, not in feeble tongue? "What am I," said Conscience, "but a cruel, self-seeking, loveless horror a contemptible sneak, who, in dread of missing the praises of men, crept away unseen, and left the woman to bear alone our common sin?"
"No man shall name me that," I said, flushing, "and least of all Ragnar." So, amidst shouts, for there had been long peace in the land, and all the fighting men sighed for battle, it was agreed that war should be declared on Athalbrand, those present pledging themselves and their dependents to follow it to the end. "Go back to the troth-breaker, Athalbrand," said my father to the messengers.
Why did you leave your northern home, where I've heard you were a barbarian chief, and wander hither to Byzantium?" "Because of a woman," I answered. "Ah!" she said, clapping her hands; "I knew it. Tell me of this woman whom you love." "The story is short, Augusta. She bewitched my foster-brother, and caused him to be sacrificed to the northern gods as a troth-breaker, and I do not love her."
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