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BOOK I

ORMARR ?RLYGSSON 9

BOOK II

THE DANISH LADY AT HOF 107

GUEST THE ONE-EYED 189

BOOK IV

THE YOUNG EAGLE 273

BOOK I ORMARR ?RLYGSSON

Snow, snow, snow!

Below and above--here, there, and everywhere! Up to his knees in snow, Pall ? Seyru struggled across the wind-swept heights. The snow whirled down in great downy flakes, making it impossible to see more than a few yards ahead. Stooping, with heavy, weary steps, he tramped on, an empty sack slung across his shoulders.

He had come from the trading station, and was on his way home to his own hut in the mountains; the store-keeper had refused to grant him further credit, and in consequence, he had chosen to return by this lonely track across the hills, where he was sure of meeting no one on his way. It was hard to come home at Christmas-time with empty hands to empty pots and hungry mouths.

His only comfort was the snow. It fell so thickly as to shut out all around, and seemed to numb even the poor peasant's despair within the dismal prison of his mind.


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