CHAPTER III. THEY TALK OF DIVERS MATTERS IN THE HALL
Now Face-of-god, who is also called Gold-mane, rose up to meet the
new-comers, and each of them greeted him kindly, and the Bride kissed
him on the cheek, and he her in likewise; and he looked kindly on
her, and took her hand, and went on up the hall to the dais,
following his father and the old man; as for him, he was of the
kindred of the House, and was foster-father of Iron-face and of his
sons both; and his name was Stone-face: a stark warrior had he been
when he was young, and even now he could do a man's work in the
battlefield, and his understanding was as good as that of a man in
his prime. So went these and four others up on to the dais and sat
down before the thwart-table looking down the hall, for the meat was
now on the board; and of the others there were some fifty men and
women who were deemed to be of the kindred and sat at the endlong
tables.
So then the Alderman stood up and made the sign of the Hammer over
the meat, the token of his craft and of his God. Then they fell to
with good hearts, for there was enough and to spare of meat and
drink.
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