DAGNY
(går over mod højre og betragter faderen med stille sorg).
Så stærk var han igår, da han tog Thorolfs lig på ryggen; stærk var han, mens de grov på haugen; men da de alle var lagt derinde, og jord og stene kastet over, – da tog sorgen ham; da var det som han sluknede. (tørrer tårerne af.) Sig mig, Sigurd, når tænker du at fare hjem til Island?
DAGNY
(goes over to the right, and gazes at her father in quiet sorrow).
So strong was he yesterday when he bore Thorolf’s body on his back; strong was he as he helped to heap the grave-mound; but when they were all laid to rest, and earth and stones piled over them--then the sorrow seized him; then seemed it of a sudden as though his fire were quenched. (Dries her tears.) Tell me, Sigurd, when thinkest thou to fare homeward to Iceland?