And when the men in the Hall beheld such goodly warriors, and
remembered their grief late past, they all stood up and shouted for
joy of them. But Face-of-god passed up the Hall with them, and stood
before the dais and said:
'O Alderman of the Dale and Chief of the House of the Face, here I
bring to you the foes of our foemen, whom I have met in the Wild-
wood, and bidden to our House; and meseemeth they will be our
friends, and stand beside us in the day of battle. Therefore I say,
take these guests and me together, or put us all to the door
together; and if thou wilt take them, then show them to such places
as thou deemest meet.'
Then stood up the Alderman and said:
'Men of Silver-dale and Rose-dale, I bid you welcome! Be ye our
friends, and abide here with us as long as seemeth good to you, and
share in all that is ours. Son Face-of-god, show these warriors to
seats on the dais beside thee, and cherish them as well as thou
knowest how.'
Then Face-of-god brought them up on to the dais and sat down on the
right hand of his father, with Dallach on his right hand, and then
Wolf-stone out from him; then sat Stone-face, that there might be a
man of the Dale to talk with them and serve them; and on his right
hand first Spear-fist and then God-swain.
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