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So they turned from the bridge together; and Stone-face was kind and
fatherly, and was telling his foster-son many wise things concerning
the life of a chieftain, and the giving-out of dooms and the
gathering for battle; to all which talk Face-of-god seemed to hearken
gladly, but indeed hearkened not at all; for verily his eyes were
beholding that snowy waste, and the fair woman upon it; even such an
one as Stone-face had told of.
CHAPTER XIII. THEY FARE TO THE HUNTING OF THE ELK
When they came into the Hall, the hearth-fire had been quickened, and
the sleepers on the floor had been wakened, and all folk were astir.
So the old man sat down by the hearth while Gold-mane busied himself
in fetching wood and water, and in sweeping out the Hall, and other
such works of the early morning. In a little while Hall-face and the
other young men and warriors were afoot duly clad, and the Alderman
came from his chamber and greeted all men kindly. Soon meat was set
upon the boards, and men broke their fast; and day dawned while they
were about it, and ere it was all done the sun rose clear and golden,
so that all men knew that the day would be fair, for the frost seemed
hard and enduring.
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