Ulf of Romsdal had a daughter named Hilda. She was fair, and extremely pretty.
The young men said that her brow was the habitation of the lily, her eye the mirror of the heavens, her cheek the dwelling1-place of the rose. True, in the ardour of their feelings and strength of their imaginations they used strong language; nevertheless it was impossible to overpraise the Norse maiden2. Her nut-brown hair fell in luxuriant masses over her shapely shoulders, reaching far below the waist; her skin was fair, and her manners engaging. Hilda was undoubtedly4 blue-eyed and beautiful. She was just seventeen at this time. Those who loved her (and there were few who did not) styled her the sunbeam.
Erling and Hilda had dwelt near each other from infancy5. They had been playmates, and for many years were as brother and sister to each other. Erling’s affection had gradually grown into a stronger passion, but he never mentioned the fact to anyone, being exceedingly shamefaced and shy in regard to love. He would have given his ears to have known that his love was returned, but he dared not to ask. He was very stupid on this point. In regard to other things he was sharp-witted above his fellows. None knew better than he how to guide the “warship” through the intricate mazes6 of the island-studded coast of Norway; none equalled him in deeds of arms; no one excelled him in speed of foot, in scaling the fells, or in tracking the wolf and bear to their dens7; but all beat him in love-making! He was wondrously9 slow and obtuse10 at that, and could by no means discover whether or not Hilda regarded him as a lover or a brother. As uncertainty11 on this point continued, Erling became jealous of all the young men who approached her, and in proportion as this feeling increased his natural disposition12 changed, and his chafing13 spirit struggled fiercely within him. But his native good sense and modesty14 enabled him pretty well to conceal15 his feelings. As for Hilda, no one knew the state of her mind. It is probable that at this time she herself had not a very distinct idea on the point.
Hilda had a foster-sister named Ada, who was also very beautiful. She was unusually dark for a Norse maiden. Her akin8 indeed was fair, but her hair and eyes were black like the raven’s wing. Her father was King Hakon of Drontheim.
It was the custom in those warlike days for parents to send out some of their children to be fostered by others—in order, no doubt, to render next to impossible the total extirpation16 of their families at a time when sudden descents upon households were common. By thus scattering17 their children the chances of family annihilation were lessened18, and the probability that some members might be left alive to take revenge was greatly increased.
Hilda and Ada were warmly attached. Having been brought up together, they loved each other as sisters—all the more, perhaps, that in character they were somewhat opposed. Hilda was grave, thoughtful, almost pensive19. Ada was full of vivacity20 and mirth, fond of fun, and by no means averse21 to a little of what she styled harmless mischief22.
Now there was a man in Horlingdal called Glumm, surnamed the Gruff, who loved Ada fervently23. He was a stout25, handsome man, of ruddy complexion26, and second only to Erling in personal strength and prowess. But by nature he was morose27 and gloomy. Nothing worse, however, could be said of him. In other respects he was esteemed28 a brave, excellent man. Glumm was too proud to show his love to Ada very plainly; but she had wit enough to discover it, though no one else did, and she resolved to punish him for his pride by keeping him in suspense29.
Horlingdal, where Ulf and Haldor and their families dwelt was, like nearly all the vales on the west of Norway, hemmed30 in by steep mountains of great height, which were covered with dark pines and birch trees. To the level pastures high up on mountain tops the inhabitants were wont31 to send their cattle to feed in summer—the small crops of hay in the valleys being carefully gathered and housed for winter use.
Every morning, before the birds began to twitter, Hilda set out, with her pail and her wooden box, to climb the mountain to the upland dairy or “saeter”, and fetch the milk and butter required by the family during the day. Although the maid was of noble birth—Ulf claiming descent from one of those who are said to have come over with Odin and his twelve godars or priests from Asia—this was not deemed an inappropriate occupation. Among the Norsemen labour was the lot of high and low. He was esteemed the best man who could fight most valiantly33 in battle and labour most actively34 in the field or with the tools of the smith and carpenter. Ulf of Romsdal, although styled king in virtue35 of his descent, was not too proud, in the busy summertime, to throw off his coat and toss the hay in his own fields in the midst of his thralls36 (slaves taken in war) and house-carles. Neither he, nor Haldor, nor any of the small kings, although they were the chief men of the districts in which they resided, thought it beneath their dignity to forge their own spearheads and anchors, or to mend their own doors. As it was with the men, so was it with the women. Hilda the Sunbeam was not despised because she climbed the mountainside to fetch milk and butter for the family.
One morning, in returning from the fell, Hilda heard the loud clatter37 of the anvil38 at Haldorstede. Having learned that morning that Danish vikings had been seen prowling among the islands near the fiord, she turned aside to enquire39 the news.
Haldorstede lay about a mile up the valley, and Hilda passed it every morning on her way to and from the saeter. Ulfstede lay near the shore of the fiord. Turning into the smithy, she found Erling busily engaged in hammering a huge mass of stubborn red-hot metal. So intent was the young man on his occupation that he failed to observe the entrance of his fair visitor, who set down her milk pail, and stood for a few minutes with her hands folded and her eyes fixed41 demurely42 on her lover.
Erling had thrown off his jerkin and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt of coarse homespun fabric43, in order to give his thick muscular arms unimpeded play in wielding44 the hammer and turning the mass of glowing metal on the anvil. He wore woollen breeches and hose, both of which had been fashioned by the fingers of his buxom45 mother, Herfrida. A pair of neatly46 formed shoes of untanned hide—his own workmanship—protected his feet, and his waist was encircled by a broad leathern girdle, from one side of which depended a short hunting-knife, and from the other a flap, with a slit47 in it, to support his sword. The latter weapon—a heavy double-edged blade—stood leaning against the forge chimney, along with a huge battle-axe48, within reach of his hand. The collar of his shirt was thrown well back, exposing to view a neck and chest whose muscles denoted extraordinary power, and the whiteness of which contrasted strikingly with the ruddy hue49 of his deeply bronzed countenance50.
The young giant appeared to take pleasure in the exercise of his superabundant strength, for, instead of using the ordinary single-hand hammer with which other men were wont to bend the glowing metal to their will, he wielded51 the great forehammer, and did it as easily, too, with his right arm as if it had been but a wooden mallet52. The mass of metal at which he wrought53 was thick and unyielding, but under his heavy blows it began to assume the form of an axe—a fact which Hilda noticed with a somewhat saddened brow. Erling’s long hair, rolling as it did down his shoulders, frequently straggled over his face and interfered55 slightly with his vision, whereupon he shook it back with an impatient toss, as a lion might shake his mane, while he toiled56 with violent energy at his work. To look at him, one might suppose that Vulcan himself had condescended57 to visit the abodes59 of men, and work in a terrestrial smithy!
During one of the tosses with which he threw back his hair, Erling chanced to raise his eyes, which instantly fell upon Hilda. A glad smile beamed on his flushed face, and he let the hammer fall with a ringing clatter on the anvil, exclaiming:
“Ha! good morrow to thee, Hilda! Thou comest with stealthy tread, like the midnight marauder. What news? Does all go well at Ulfstede? But why so sad, Hilda? Thy countenance is not wont to quarrel with the mountain air.”
“Truly, no!” replied the girl, smiling, “mountain air likes me well. If my looks are sadder than usual, it is because of the form of the weapon thou art fashioning.”
“The weapon!” exclaimed Erling, as he raised the handle of the hammer, and, resting his arms on it, gazed at his visitor in some surprise. “It is but an axe—a simple axe, perchance a trifle heavier than other axes because it suits my arm better, and I have a weakness that way. What ails61 thee at a battle-axe, Hilda?”
“I quarrel not with the axe, Erling, but it reminds me of thy love of fighting, and I grieve for that. Why art thou so fond of war?”
“Fond of war!” echoed the youth. “Now, out upon thee, Hilda! what were a man fit for if he could not fight?”
“Nay, I question not thine ability to fight, but I grieve to see thy love for fighting.”
“Truly there seems to me a close relationship between the love of war and the ability to fight,” returned the youth. “But to be plain with thee: I do not love war so much as ye think. Yet I utter this in thine ear, for I would not that the blades of the valley knew it, lest they might presume upon it, and I should have to prove my ability—despite my want of love—upon some of their carcasses.”
“I wish there were no such thing as war,” said Hilda with a sigh.
Erling knitted his brows and gazed into the smithy fire as if he were engaged in pondering some knotty62 point. “Well, I’m not sure,” said he slowly, and descending63 to a graver tone of address— “I’m not sure that I can go quite so far as that. If we had no war at all, perchance our swords might rust64, and our skill, for want of practice, might fail us in the hour of need. Besides, how could men in that case hope to dwell with Odin in Valhalla’s bright and merry halls? But I agree with thee in wishing that we had less of war and more of peace at home.”
“I fear,” said Hilda, “we seem likely to have more of war and less of peace than usual, if rumours65 be true. Have you heard that Danish vikings have been seen among the islands?”
“Aye, truly, I have heard of them, and it is that which has sent me to the smithy this morning to hasten forward my battle-axe; for I love not too light a weapon. You see, Hilda, when it has not weight one must sometimes repeat the blow; especially if the mail be strong. But with a heavy axe and a stout arm there is no need for that. I had begun this weapon,” continued the youth, as if he were musing67 aloud rather than speaking to his companion, “with intent to try its metal on the head of the King; but I fear me it will be necessary to use it in cracking a viking’s headpiece before it cleaves68 a royal crown.”
“The King!” exclaimed Hilda, with a look of surprise, not unmingled with terror, “Erling, has ambition led thee to this?”
“Not so; but self-preservation urges me to it.”
The maiden paused a few seconds, ere she replied in a meditative69 voice— “The old man who came among us a year ago, and who calls himself Christian70, tells me that his god is not a god of war, like Odin; he says that his god permits no war to men, save that of self-defence; but, Erling, would slaying71 the King be indeed an act of self-preservation?”
“Aye, in good sooth would it,” replied the youth quickly, while a dark frown crossed his brow.
“How can that be?” asked the maiden.
“Hast such small love for gossip, Hilda, that the foul72 deeds and ambitious projects of Harald Haarfager have not reached thine ear?”
“I have heard,” replied Hilda, “that he is fond of war, which, truly, is no news, and that he is just now more busy with his bloody73 game than usual; but what does that matter to thee?”
“Matter!” cried the youth impatiently, as he seized the lump of metal on which he had been at work, and, thrusting it into the smouldering charcoal74, commenced to blow the fire energetically, as if to relieve his feelings. “Know ye not that the King—this Harald Fairhair—is not satisfied with the goodly domains75 that of right belong to him, and the kingly rule which he holds, according to law, over all Norway, but that he means to subdue76 the whole land to himself, and trample77 on our necks as he has already trampled78 on our laws?”
“I know somewhat of this,” said Hilda.
“No one,” pursued Erling vehemently79, and blowing the fire into a fervent24 heat—“no one denies to Harald the right to wear the crown of Norway. That was settled at the Ore Thing (see note 1) in Drontheim long ago; but everyone denies his right to interfere54 with our established laws and privileges. Has he not, by mere80 might and force of arms, slain81 many, and enslaved others, of our best and bravest men? And now he proposes to reduce the whole land to slavery, or something like it, and all because of the foolish speech of a proud girl, who says she will not wed82 him until he shall first subdue to himself the whole of Norway, and rule over it as fully32 and freely as King Eric rules over Sweden, or King Gorm over Denmark. He has sworn that he will neither clip nor comb his hair, until he has subdued83 all the land with scatt (taxes) and duties and domains, or die in the attempt. Trust me! he is like to die in the attempt; and since his Kingship is to be so little occupied with his hair, it would please me well if he would use his time and his shears84 in clipping the tongue of the wench that set him on so foul an errand. All this thou knowest, Hilda, as well as I; but thou dost not know that men have been at the stede to-day, who tell us that the King is advancing north, and is victorious85 everywhere. Already King Gandalf and Hako are slain; the two sons of King Eystein have also fallen, and many of the upland kings have been burned, with most of their men, in a house at Ringsager. It is not many days since Harald went up Gudbrandsdal, and north over the Doverfielde, where he ordered all the men to be slain, and everything wide around to be given to the flames. King Gryting of Orkadal and all his people have sworn fidelity86 to him, and now—worst news of all—it is said he is coming over to pay us a visit in Horlingdal. Is not here cause for fighting in self-defence, or rather for country, and laws and freedom, and wives, and children, and—”
The excited youth stopped abruptly87, and, seizing the tongs88, whirled the white mass of semi-molten steel upon the anvil, and fell to belabouring it with such goodwill89 that a bright shower of sparks drove Hilda precipitately90 out of the workshop.
The wrongs which roused the young Norseman’s indignation to such a pitch are matters of history.
The government of the country at that time involved the democratic element very largely. No act or expedition of any importance could be done or undertaken without the previous deliberation and consent of a “Thing”, or assembly of landed proprietors91. There were many different Things—such as General Things, District Things, House Things of the King’s counsellors, and Herd92 Things of the Court, etcetera, and to such of these there was a distinct and well-known trumpet93 call. There were also four great Things which were legislative94, while the small district Things were only administrative95. In addition to which there was the Ore Thing of Drontheim, referred to by Erling. At these Things the King himself possessed96 no greater power than any of the bonders. He was only a “Thing-man” at a Thing.
No wonder, then, that the self-governing and warlike Norsemen could not bring themselves tamely to submit to the tyranny of Harald Haarfager, or Fairhair, King of Norway by hereditary97 right, when he cast aside all the restraints of ancient custom, and, in his effort to obtain more power, commenced those bloody wars with his subjects, which had the effect of causing many of his chief men to expatriate themselves and seek new homes in the islands of the great western sea, and which ultimately resulted in the subjugation98 (at least during that reign) of all the petty kings of Norway. These small kings, be it observed, were not at that time exercising any illegal power, or in the occupation of any unwarrantable position, which could be pleaded by King Harald in justification99 of his violent proceedings100 against them. The title of king did not imply independent sovereignty. They were merely the hereditary lords of the soil, who exercised independent and rightful authority over their own estates and households, and modified authority over their respective districts, subject, however, to the laws of the land—laws which were recognised and perfectly101 understood by the people and the king, and which were admitted by people and king alike to have more authority than the royal will itself. By law the small kings were bound to attend the meetings of the Stor Things or Parliaments, at the summons of the sovereign, and to abide102 by the decisions of those assemblies, where all men met on an equal footing, but where, of course, intellectual power and eloquence103 led the multitude, for good or for evil, then just as they do now, and will continue to do as long as, and wherever, free discussion shall obtain. To say that the possession of power, wealth, or influence was frequently abused to the overawing and coercing104 of those assemblies, is simply to state that they were composed of human beings possessed of fallen natures.
So thoroughly105 did the Northmen appreciate the importance of having a right to raise their voices and to vote in the national parliaments, and so jealously did they assert and maintain their privileges, that the King himself—before he could, on his accession, assume the crown—was obliged to appear at the “Thing”, where a freeborn landholder proposed him, and where his title to the crown was investigated and proved in due form. No war expedition on a large scale could be undertaken until a Thing had been converged106, and requisition legally made by the King for a supply of men and arms; and, generally, whenever any act affecting national or even district interests was contemplated107, it was necessary to assemble a Thing, and consult with the people before anything could be done.
It may be easily understood, then, with what an outburst of indignation a free and warlike race beheld108 the violent course pursued by Harald Fairhair, who roamed through the country with fire and sword, trampling109 on their cherished laws and privileges, subduing110 the petty kings, and placing them, when submissive, as Jarls, i.e. earls or governors over the districts to collect the scatt or taxes, and manage affairs in his name and for his behoof.
It is no wonder that Erling the Bold gathered his brow into an ominous111 frown, pressed his lips together, tossed his locks impatiently while he thought on these things and battered112 the iron mass on his anvil with the amount of energy that he would have expended113 in belabouring the head of King Harald himself, had opportunity offered.
Erling’s wrath114 cooled, however, almost instantly on his observing Hilda’s retreat before the fiery115 shower. He flung down his hammer, seized his battle-axe, and throwing it on his shoulder as he hurried out, speedily overtook her.
“Forgive my rude manners,” he said. “My soul was chafed116 by the thoughts that filled my brain, and I scare knew what I did.”
“Truly, thou man of fire,” replied the girl, with an offended look, “I am of half a mind not to pardon thee. See, my kirtle is destroyed by the shower thou didst bestow117 upon me so freely.”
“I will repay thee that with such a kirtle as might grace a queen the next time I go on viking cruise.”
“Meantime,” said Hilda, “I am to go about like a witch plucked somewhat hastily from the fire by a sympathising crone.”
“Nay; Herfrida will make thee a new kirtle of the best wool at Haldorstede.”
“Then, if nothing else will content thee,” said Erling gaily118, “I will make thee one myself; but it must be of leather, for I profess119 not to know how to stitch more delicate substance. But let me carry thy pitcher120, Hilda. I will go to Ulfstede to hold converse121 with thy father on these matters, for it seemed to me that the clouds are gathering122 somewhat too thickly over the dale for comfort or peace to remain long with us.”
As the young man and maiden wended their way down the rocky path that skirted the foaming123 Horlingdal river, Hilda assumed a more serious tone, and sought to convince her companion of the impropriety of being too fond of fighting, in which attempt, as might be supposed, she was not very successful.
“Why, Hilda,” said the youth, at the close of a speech in which his fair companion endeavoured to point out the extreme sinfulness of viking cruises in particular, “it is, as thou sayest, unjust to take from another that which belongs to him if he be our friend; but if he is our enemy, and the enemy of our country, that alters the case. Did not the great Odin himself go on viking cruise and seize what prey124 he chose?”
Erling said this with the air of a man who deemed his remark unanswerable.
“I know not,” rejoined Hilda. “There seems to me much mystery in our thoughts about the gods. I have heard it said that there is no such god as Odin.”
The maiden uttered this in a subdued voice, and her cheek paled a little as she glanced up at Erling’s countenance. The youth gazed at her with an expression of extreme surprise, and for a few minutes they walked slowly forward without speaking.
There was reason for this silence on both sides. Hilda was naturally of a simple and trustful nature. She had been brought up in the religion of her fathers, and had listened with awe125 and with deep interest on many a long winter night to the wild legends with which the scalds, or poets of the period, were wont to beguile126 the evening hours in her father’s mansion127; but about a year before the time of which we write, an aged40 stranger had come from the south, and taken up his abode60 in the valley, in a secluded128 and dilapidated hut, in which he was suffered to dwell unmolested by its owner, Haldor the Fierce; whose fierceness, by the way, was never exhibited except in time of war and in the heat of battle!
With this hermit129 Hilda had held frequent converse, and had listened with horror, but with a species of fascination130 which she could not resist, to his calm and unanswerable reasoning on the fallacy of the religion of Odin, and on the truth of that of Jesus Christ. At first she resolved to fly from the old man, as a dangerous enemy, who sought to seduce131 her from the paths of rectitude; but when she looked at his grave, sad face, and listened to the gentle and—she knew not why—persuasive tones of his voice, she changed her mind, and resolved to hear what he had to say. Without being convinced of the truth of the new religion—of which she had heard rumours from the roving vikings who frequented Horlingdal—she was much shaken in regard to the truth of her own, and now, for the first time, she had ventured to hint to a human being what was passing in her mind.
At this period Christianity had not penetrated132 into Norway, but an occasional wanderer or hermit had found his way thither133 from time to time to surprise the inhabitants with his new doctrines134, and then, perchance, to perish as a warlock because of them. Erling had heard of this old man, and regarded him with no favour, for in his sea rovings he had met with so-called Christians135, whose conduct had not prepossessed him in their favour. As for their creed136, he knew nothing whatever about it.
His mind, however, was of that bold, straightforward137, self-reliant, and meditative cast, which happily has existed in all ages and in all climes, and which, in civilised lands, usually brings a man to honour and power, while in barbarous countries and ages, if not associated with extreme caution and reticence138, it is apt to bring its possessor into trouble.
It was with astonishment139 that Erling heard sentiments which had long been harboured in his own mind drop from the lips of one whose natural character he knew to be the reverse of sceptical in matters of faith, or speculative140 in matters of opinion. Instead of making a direct reply to Hilda’s remark, he said, after a pause:
“Hilda, I have my doubts of the old man Christian; men say he is a warlock, and I partly believe them, for it is only such who shun141 the company of their fellows. I would caution thee against him. He believes not in Odin or Thor, which is matter of consideration mainly to himself, but methinks he holdeth fellowship with Nikke, (Satan, or the Evil One) which is matter of consideration for all honest men, aye, and women too, who would live in peace; for if the Evil Spirit exists at all, as I firmly believe he does, in some shape or other, it were well to keep as far from him as we may, and specially66 to avoid those erring142 mortals who seem to court his company.”
“The old man is misjudged, believe me,” replied the girl earnestly; “I have spoken much with him and oft. It may be he is wrong in some things—how can a woman judge of such matters?—but he is gentle, and has a kind heart.”
The youth and maiden had now reached a part of the valley where a small footpath144 diverged145 from the main track which led to Ulf’s dwelling. The path ran in the direction of the hayfields that bordered the fiord. Just as they reached it, Hilda observed that her father was labouring there with his thralls.
“See,” she exclaimed, stopping abruptly, and taking her pitcher from Erling, “my father is in the hayfield.”
The youth was about to remonstrate146 and insist on being allowed to carry the pitcher to the house before going to the field; but on second thoughts he resigned his slight burden, and, saying “farewell”, turned on his heel and descended58 the path with rapid step and a somewhat burdened heart.
“She loves me not,” he muttered to himself, almost sternly. “I am a brother, nothing more.”
Indulging in these and kindred gloomy reflections, he advanced towards a rocky defile147 where the path diverged to the right. Before taking the turn he looked back. Hilda was standing148 on the spot where they had parted, but her face was not directed towards her late companion. She was looking steadily149 up the valley. Presently the object which attracted her attention appeared in view, and Erling felt a slight sensation of anger, he scarce knew why, on observing the old man who had been the subject of their recent conversation issue from among the rocks. His first impulse was to turn back, but, checking himself, he wheeled sharply round and hurried away.
Scarcely had he taken three steps, however, when he was arrested by a sound that resembled a crash of thunder. Glancing quickly upwards150, he beheld an enormous mass of rock, which had become detached from the mountain side, descending in shattered fragments into the valley.
The formation of Horlingdal at that particular point was peculiar151. The mountain ranges on either side, which rose to a height of at least four thousand feet, approached each other abruptly, thus forming a dark gloomy defile of a few hundred yards in width, with precipitous cliffs on either side, and the river roaring in the centre of the pass. The water rushed in white-crested billows through its rock-impeded bed, and terminated in a splendid foss, or fall, forty or fifty feet high, which plunged152 into a seething153 caldron, whence it issued in a troubled stream to the plain that opened out below. It here found rest in the level fields of Ulfstede, that lay at the head of the fiord. The open amphitheatre above this pass, with its circlet of grand glacier-capped mountains, was the abode of a considerable number of small farmers, in the midst of whose dwellings154 stood the residence of Haldor, where the meeting in the smithy just described took place.
It was in this narrow defile that the landslip happened, a catastrophe155 which always has been and still is of frequent occurrence in the mountain regions of Norway.
Hilda and the old man (whom we shall henceforth call Christian) cast their eyes hastily upwards on hearing the sound that had arrested Erling’s steps so suddenly. The enormous mass of rock was detached from the hill on the other side of the river, but the defile was so narrow that falling rocks often rebounded156 quite across it. The slip occurred just opposite the spot on which Hilda and the old man stood, and as the terrible shower came on, tearing down trees and rocks, the heavier masses being dashed and spurned157 from the hillside in innumerable fragments, it became evident that to escape beyond the range of the chaotic158 deluge159 was impossible.
Hilda understood the danger so well that she was panic stricken and rooted to the spot. Erling understood it also, and, with a sudden cry, dashed at full speed to the rescue. His cry was one almost of despair, for the distance between them was so great that he had no chance, he knew, of reaching her in time.
In this extremity160 the hermit looked round for a crevice161 or a rock which might afford protection, but no such place of safety was at hand. The side of the pass rose behind them like a wall to a height of several hundred feet. Seeing this at a glance the old man planted himself firmly in front of Hilda. His lips moved, and the single word “Jesus” dropped from them as he looked with a calm steady gaze at the avalanche162.
Scarcely had he taken his stand when the first stones leaped across the gorge163, and, striking on the wall of rock behind, burst into fragments and fell in a shower around them. Some of the smaller débris struck the old man’s breast, and the hands which he had raised to protect his face; but he neither blanched164 nor flinched165. In another instant the greater part of the hurling166 rubbish fell with a terrible crash and tore up the earth in all directions round them. Still they stood unhurt! The height from which the ruin had descended was so great that the masses were scattered167, and although they flew around over, and close to them, the great shock passed by and left them unscathed.
But the danger was not yet past. Several of the smaller masses, which had been partially168 arrested in their progress by bushes, still came thundering down the steep. The quick eye of the hermit observed one of these flying straight towards his head. Its force had been broken by a tree on the opposite hill, but it still retained tremendous impetus169. He knew that there was no escape for him. To have moved aside would have exposed Hilda to almost certain destruction. Once again he murmured the Saviour’s name, as he stretched out both hands straight before his face. The rock struck full against them, beat them down on his forehead, and next instant old man and maid were hurled170 to the ground.
Well was it for Erling that all this occurred so quickly that the danger was past before he reached the spot. Part of the road he had to traverse was strewn so thickly with the rocky ruin that his destruction, had he been a few seconds sooner on the ground, would have been inevitable171. He reached Hilda just in time to assist her to rise. She was slightly stunned172 by the shock, but otherwise unhurt.
Not so the hermit. He lay extended where he had fallen; his grey beard and thin scattered locks dabbled173 with blood that flowed from a gash174 in his forehead. Hilda kneeled at his side, and, raising his head, she laid it in her lap.
“Now the gods be praised,” said Erling, as he knelt beside her, and endeavoured to stanch175 the flow of blood from the wound; “I had thought thy last hour was come, Hilda; but the poor old man, I fear much he will die.”
“Not so; he recovers,” said the girl; “fetch me some water from the spring.”
Erling ran to a rill that trickled176 down the face of the rock at his side, dipped his leathern bonnet177 into it, and, quickly returning, sprinkled a little on the old man’s face, and washed the wound.
“It is not deep,” he remarked, after having examined the cut. “His hands are indeed badly bruised178, but he will live.”
“Get thee to the stede, Erling, and fetch aid,” said Hilda quickly; “the old man is heavy.”
So saying Erling raised him in his strong arms and bore him away to Ulfstede, where, under the tender care of Hilda and her foster-sister Ada, he speedily revived.
Erling went out meanwhile to assist in the hayfield.
Note 1. The great assembly, or parliament, which was considered the only “Thing” which could confer the sovereignty of the whole of Norway, the other Things having no right or powers beyond their circles. It was convened180 only for the special purpose of examining and proclaiming the right of the aspirant181 to the crown, but the King had still to repair to each Law Thing or Small Thing to obtain its acknowledgement of his right and the power of a sovereign within its jurisdiction182.
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