In another moment I heard her name pass among them, and Gorm spoke to them, for there was a growing noise of welcome.
"Steady, friends!" he said sternly, "steady! No need to tell Arnkel that his time has come yet.

Let us get to the hall quietly, and thereafter shout as you like-- "Ho! stop that man!" One had broken away from the crowd and was off toward the hall at full speed, meaning, as I have no doubt, to warn Arnkel and win reward.

But he did not get far.

A dozen men were after him, and had him fast, and no other cared to follow his example.
There was a stockade round the hall and its outbuildings which stood to right and left of it.

The guest house was to the right, and the bower, which was Gerda's own place, stood on the left, both handsome timber buildings, with high-pitched roofs and carved gables and doorways.