If she had not enough to raise men and so win back her home from Arnkel, at least there must be sufficient to keep her in comfort in any land until she could find a passage back to Norway, and claim guardianship and help from Thorwald's friends.

We could and would help her in either way.

She heard me to the end, and then sighed a little, and said that I was altogether right.
"Whether aught of these plans may come to pass is a matter which the Norns {1} have in their hands," she said.

"We shall see.
But now I am sure that I may not lightly part with the treasure as I had meant, though it is hard for me to forego what I had set my heart on.

It is true that all was hoarded for me--at least since my father died.