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under his wound than those he had just been 
blaming.” 
Thormod then enters the house where the wounded 
men are lying, and seats himself in silence by the 
door. 
As the people go in and out, one of them casts 
a look at Thormod, and says, “ Why art thou so 
dead pale? Art thou wounded?” He answers care¬ 
lessly, with a half-jesting rhyme; then rises and stands 
awhile by the fire. A woman, who is attending on those 
who are hurt, bids him “ go out, and bring in firewood 
from the door.” He returns with the wood, and the girl 
then looking him in the face, says, “ dreadfully pale is 
this man;” and asks to see his wounds. She examines 
the wound in his side, and feels that the iron of the 
arrow is still there; she then takes a pair of tongs and 
tries to pull it out, “ but it sat too fast, and as the 
wound was swelled, little of it stood out to lay hold 
of.” Thormod bids her “ cut deep enough to reach 
the iron, and then to give him the tongs, and let 
him pull.” She did as he bade. He takes the ring 
from his hand, and gives it to the girl, saying, “ It 
is a good man’s gift! King Olaf gave it to me this 
