Ingeborg's watch by the sea by E. Klein 1899

"I will stand before Helge free from guilt, my task performed, my honour cleared, my pledge redeemed. Then will I demand thee, not of him--oh no! of Norseland's people, in open Ting; that is thy rightful guardian, thou daughter of a royal race! Who then gainsays me--let him beware!--Till then, farewell. Be true, forget not me; and as a pledge and token of our love, take this arm-ring, and wear it till I claim it again--and thee. See how the delicate white arm sets off great Waulund's work, with the heavenly signs so cunningly engraved on it! Farewell awhile, my love, my bride--oh, fare thee well! A few moons only--and the tide will turn."

He went. Ingeborg watched him long and wistfully, her own sad face untouched by the glow of hope which lit up his brow, but now so gloomy and despondent. Age seemed to have suddenly come upon her, with its sober views, its fears, ---its power, too, to face and bear the worst. The pain of a lifetime was in the smile with which she spoke, half unwittingly, words she would not have him hear---not yet!"


-Frithjof, the viking of Norway: and Roland, the paladin of France by Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin; Chapter VIII, pages 61-62

Ingeborg's watch by the sea by E. Klein 1899.

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