Life in the castle took from this time quite another form.

Those two bright beings, Folko and Gabrielle, spent most part of the day in their apartments, and when they showed themselves, it was with quiet dignity and grave silence, while Biorn and Sintram stood before them in humble fear.

Nevertheless, Biorn could not bear the thought of his guests seeking shelter in any other knight's abode.

When Folko once spoke of it, something like a tear stood in the wild man's eye.

His head sank, and he said softly, "As you please; but I feel that if you go, I shall run among the rocks for days." And thus they all remained together; for the storm continued to rage with such increasing fury over the sea, that no sea voyage could be thought of, and the oldest man in Norway could not call to mind such an autumn.