The White Raven
“'Anyway, I slept with an egg in there and lopped off the far end next morning. By the yolk, it will be a boy.' I sat back a little, looking from her to Kvasir, feeling that, somehow, they had conspired against me. One of the big Slavs — the same who had sworn he could eat someone's leg —growled, 'An egg,' in a tone that wanted to know where she had got such a prize.
'So you see, Trader,' Thordis went on, ignoring all this, 'why we are concerned.' I did and felt twice as ashamed as before, had t...o shake my head to clear it.
'The words were hasty,' I admitted, 'the reason was sound. What's done is done. The unwise man is awake all night and ponders everything over; when morning comes he is weary in mind and all is a burden as ever.' 'As your foster-mother used to say,' added Red Njal. 'She knew my granny, I am thinking.' This last was greeted with chuckles; talk resumed, low and soft round the fire. But I could not take my eyes from Thorgunna, kept flicking back to her, wondering about the life there, marvelling at it happening at all in this place, fearing it at the same time.MoreLess
'So you see, Trader,' Thordis went on, ignoring all this, 'why we are concerned.' I did and felt twice as ashamed as before, had t...o shake my head to clear it.
'The words were hasty,' I admitted, 'the reason was sound. What's done is done. The unwise man is awake all night and ponders everything over; when morning comes he is weary in mind and all is a burden as ever.' 'As your foster-mother used to say,' added Red Njal. 'She knew my granny, I am thinking.' This last was greeted with chuckles; talk resumed, low and soft round the fire. But I could not take my eyes from Thorgunna, kept flicking back to her, wondering about the life there, marvelling at it happening at all in this place, fearing it at the same time.MoreLess
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