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The Wanderer’s Necklace

CHAPTER IV
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Alone I sat upon my bed and listened to the sounds of that marriage feast, which more resembled such a one as is given at funerals.

When it was finished I heard my father and Ragnar and the head men and chiefs of the company take counsel together, after which all departed to their homes.
So soon as they were gone Freydisa came to me, bringing food and drink.
"I am a shamed man, Freydisa," I said, "and can no longer stay in this land where I have been made one for children to mock at." "It is not you who are shamed," answered Freydisa hotly.

"It is Steinar and that----," and she used a harsh word of Iduna.

"Oh! I saw it coming, and yet I dared not warn you.

I feared lest I might be wrong and put doubts into your heart against your foster-brother and your wife without cause.


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