'
Then Bow-may came forward speedily, and went up to the Sun-beam, and
led her by the hand in front of Folk-might and Hall-ward and the
other chieftains. Then Folk-might started, and leapt up from the
ground; for, sooth to say, he had been thinking so wholly of the
Bride, that his sister was not in his mind, and he had had no deeming
of whither Hall-ward was coming, though the others guessed well
enough, and now smiled on him merrily, when they saw how wild Folk-
might stared. As for the Sun-beam, she stood there blushing like a
rose in June, but looking her brother straight in the face, as Hall-
ward said:
'Folk-might, chief of the Wolf, since thou wouldst take our maiden
the Bride away from us, I ask thee to make good her place with this
maiden; so that the House of the Steer may not lack, when they who
are wont to wed therein come to us and pray us for a bedfellow for
the best of their kindred.'
Then became Folk-might smiling and merry like unto the others, and he
said: 'Chief of the Steer, this gift is thine, together with aught
else which thou mayst desire of us.'
Then he kissed the Sun-beam, and said: 'Sister, we looked for this
to befall in some fashion.
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