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Immediately rising from the raised and boarded seat which she occupied,
she concealed Oddo beneath it, and covered it with cushions as before,
on which she stretched herself complaining of indisposition. Upon the
entrance of the hostile party, Geirrida, without speaking a word, flung
aside her mantle, took out a piece of sealskin, in which she wrapped up
Katla's head, and commanded that she should be held by some of the
attendants, while the others broke open the boarded space, beneath which
Oddo lay concealed, seized upon him, bound him, and led him away captive
with his mother. Next morning Oddo was hanged, and Katla stoned to
death; but not until she had confessed that, through her sorcery, she
had occasioned the disaster of Gunlaugar, which first led the way to
these feuds.
THE THREE DOGS.
Once upon a time there was a king who travelled to a strange country,
where he married a queen. When they had been married some time the queen
had a daughter, which gave rise to much joy through the whole land, for
all people liked the king, he was so kind and just.
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