I do not know what else could have been done with such a man.

And in this matter neither I nor Gerda had any hand.
"The townsfolk judged him," said Asbiorn again, "and we did Hakon's bidding.

Else they had hewn him in pieces." Suddenly the red wildfires sank, and it was very dark.

In the darkness there came from seaward a sound which swelled up, nearer and nearer, as it were the cry of some mighty pack of hounds, and with the wild baying, the yell of hunters and the clang of their horns.

It swept over us, and passed toward the mountains while we stood motionless, listening.
"It is the wild hunt," said old Gorm, gripping my arm.