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day of grace, regardless of whether he uses that weapon. Furthermore, his
household will be held responsible for any blood payment incurred from the use
of that weapon.тАЭ
Baver could hear a soft murmuring from the
hundreds of northmen listening unseen behind him.
тАЬAs to blood payment for men and horses from
the fight at the stream,тАЭ the young giant went on, тАЬthat will be the standard
payment, made by the sept in error, the error to be determined by the new
line. However, if all the old cairns are within ten spans of the new line,
there will be no blood payment.тАЭ
Again Nils J├дrnhann turned his face toward the
two opposing clan chieftains. тАЬThere will be no appeal to these rulings, nor
to the line laid out by the eight warriors of the Seal and Bull Clans.тАЭ
He paused, then looked at J├д├дvklo. тАЬJ├д├дvklo, I
have another matter to talk with you about, before the council, and before the
People assembled here. You have told us that Axel Storn├дve refused to require
the Reindeer and Salmon Clans to give part of their territories to the Glutton
Clan. Because, you said, there was bad blood between you and Axel. You have
also said this before our present meeting, though never in council.
тАЬWhat your words mean is that Axel Storn├дve
did not treat honestly with the Glutton Clan, that he withheld fairness
because of an old grudge. I have talked with other chiefs about this. They
told me the question of adjusting boundaries never came up in Council. When
did you talk with Axel about it?тАЭ
тАЬJust before the First Council of All Chiefs,
held to discuss leaving the Homeland. He refused me then.тАЭ
тАЬWho else was there when you discussed it with
him?тАЭ
тАЬArvid Smitsson, who now is dead, killed in
battle with the horse barbarians.тАЭ
тАЬNo other?тАЭ
J├д├дvklo shook his head.
тАЬYou shake your head; your answer then is no.
Axel Storn├дve called the First Council of All Chiefs to propose his plan to
leave the Homeland, and to get the agreement of as many clans as possible. And
he succeeded. Did this solve the land problem of the Gluttons?тАЭ
тАЬYes. But now we have another problem, and
with Storn├дveтАЩs own clan, the Wolves! Your clan! He has poisoned your minds
against me!тАЭ
тАЬWeтАЩve solved that new dispute tonight. Now
IтАЩm looking at your complaint about Axel Storn├дve and his honesty. So you told
Axel of your problem on one day and he solved it that same day, is that right?
Or the day after?тАЭ
A sullen nod.
тАЬI am also told that you became chief only the
winter previous. When had you had dealings with Axel Storn├дve before that
day?тАЭ
The Glutton chieftain didnтАЩt answer at once,
and when he did, his voice was shrill. тАЬYouтАЩre trying to trick me! YouтАЩre of
the Wolf Clan too! YouтАЩre trying to make me look like a troublemaker, you and