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For

a

while

she

was

silent

,

as

if

pondering

what

this

might

mean

.

Then

suddenly

she

laid

her

hand

on

his

arm

.

'

You

are

a

stern

lord

and

resolute

,

'

she

said

;

'

and

thus

do

men

win

renown

.

'

She

paused

.

'

Lord

.

'

she

said

,

'

if

you

must

go

,

then

let

me

ride

in

your

following

.

For

I

am

weary

of

skulking

in

the

hills

,

and

wish

to

face

peril

and

battle

.

'

'

Your

duty

is

with

your

people

,

'

he

answered

.

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'

Too

often

have

I

heard

of

duty

,

'

she

cried

.

'

But

am

I

not

of

the

House

of

Eorl

,

a

shieldmaiden

and

not

a

dry-nurse

?

I

have

waited

on

faltering

feet

long

enough

.

Since

they

falter

no

longer

,

it

seems

,

may

I

not

now

spend

my

life

as

I

will

?

'

'

Few

may

do

that

with

honour

,

'

he

answered

.

'

But

as

for

you

,

lady

:

did

you

not

accept

the

charge

to

govern

the

people

until

their

lord

's

return

?

If

you

had

not

been

chosen

,

then

some

marshal

or

captain

would

have

been

set

in

the

same

place

,

and

he

could

not

ride

away

from

his

charge

,

were

he

weary

of

it

or

no

.

'

'

Shall

I

always

be

chosen

?

'

she

said

bitterly

.

'

Shall

I

always

be

left

behind

when

the

Riders

depart

,

to

mind

the

house

while

they

win

renown

,

and

find

food

and

beds

when

they

return

?

'

'

A

time

may

come

soon

,

'

said

he

,

'

when

none

will

return

.

Then

there

will

be

need

of

valour

without

renown

,

for

none

shall

remember

the

deeds

that

are

done

in

the

last

defence

of

your

homes

.

Yet

the

deeds

will

not

be

less

valiant

because

they

are

unpraised

.

'

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And

she

answered

:

'

All

your

words

are

but

to

say

:

you

are

a

woman

,

and

your

part

is

in

the

house

.

But

when

the

men

have

died

in

battle

and

honour

,

you

have

leave

to

be

burned

in

the

house

,

for

the

men

will

need

it

no

more

.

But

I

am

of

the

House

of

Eorl

and

not

a

serving-woman

.

I

can

ride

and

wield

blade

,

and

I

do

not

fear

either

pain

or

death

.

'

'

What

do

you

fear

,

lady

?

'

he

asked

.

'

A

cage

,

'

she

said

.

'

To

stay

behind

bars

,

until

use

and

old

age

accept

them

,

and

all

chance

of

doing

great

deeds

is

gone

beyond

recall

or

desire

.

'

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