SIGURD
(med undertrykt bevægelse).
Tilvisse, nej! Sparsomt har jeg spurgt fra Gunnar siden vi sidst sejled fra Island sammen. Vidt foer jeg i viking og tjente mange konger udenlands, medens Gunnar sad hjemme. Hid under land kom jeg i dag i lysingen, fordreven af uvejret; at Gunnar havde sin fædrenegård her nordpå var mig nok vitterligt, men –
SIGURD
(with suppressed emotion).
No, truly. Small tidings have I had of Gunnar since we sailed from Iceland together. I have wandered far and wide and served many outland kings, while Gunnar sat at home. Hither we drive at day-dawn before the storm; I knew, indeed, that Gunnar’s homestead lay here in the north, but----