"
Then waxed Grimhild fell at those words, and spake, "Do even as
we bid thee, and take therefore great honour, and our friendship,
and the steads withal called Vinbjorg and Valbjorg."
And such might was in the words of her, that even so must it come
to pass.
Then Gudrun spake, "Thus then must it needs befall, howsoever
against the will of me, and for little joy shall it be and for
great grief."
Then men leaped on their horses, and their women were set in
wains. So they fared four days a-riding and other four
a-shipboard, and yet four more again by land and road, till at
the last they came to a certain high-built hall; then came to
meet Gudrun many folk thronging; and an exceedingly goodly feast
was there made, even as the word had gone between either kin, and
it passed forth in most proud and stately wise. And at that
feast drinks Atli his bridal with Gudrun, but never did her heart
laugh on him, and little sweet and kind was their life together.
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