第 42 节
作者:卡车      更新:2021-02-19 00:09      字数:2147
  riding。
  Over Tvindehoug they faded like flying scud on the moorlands; on to
  the gloomy distance; away toward Jotunheim; the home of the Evil Spirits;
  the Land of the Lasting Snow。 Their every sign and trail was wiped away
  by the drifting storm; and the end of them no man knows。
  The Norse folk awoke as from a horrid nightmare。 Their national ruin
  was   averted;   there   were   no   deaths;   for   there   were   no   proofs;   and   the
  talebearer's strife was ended。
  The one earthly sign remaining from that drive is the string of silver
  bells that Sveggum had taken from the Storbuk's neckthe victory bells;
  each     the  record    of   a  triumph     won;    and   when     the   old   man    came    to
  understand;   he   sighed;   and   hung   to   the   string   a   final   bell;   the   largest   of
  them all。
  Nothing   more   was   ever   seen   or   heard   of   the   creature   who   so   nearly
  sold his country; or of the White Storbuk who balked him。 Yet those who
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  live near Jotunheim say that on stormy nights; when the snow is flying and
  the wind is raving in the woods; there sometimes passes; at frightful speed;
  an enormous White Reindeer with fiery eyes; drawing a snow…white pulk;
  in   which   is   a   screaming   wretch   in   white;   and   on   the   head   of   the   Deer;
  balancing by the horns; is a brown…clad; white…bearded Troll; bowing and
  grinning pleasantly at him; and singing
  Of Norway's luck And a White Storbuk
  the   same;   they   say;   as   the   one   that   with   prophetic   vision   sang   by
  Sveggum's        Vand…dam       on   a  bygone     day   when     the   birches    wore    their
  springtime   hangers;   and   a   great   mild…eyed   Varsimle'   came   alone;   to   go
  away with a little white Renskalv walking slowly; demurely; by her side。
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