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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Andrew Lang
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"A
light
was
left
burning
in
the
hall,
and
when
the
third
part
of
the
night
was
past
Grettir
heard
loud
noises
outside.
Then
something
went
up
on
top
of
the
house,
and
rode
above
the
hall,
beating
the
roof
with
its
heels
till
every
beam
cracked.
This
went
on
for
a
long
time;
then
it
came
down
off
the
house
and
went
to
the
door.
When
this
was
opened
Grettir
saw
the
thrall
thrust
in
his
head;
ghastly
big
he
seemed,
and
wonderfully
huge
of
feature.
Glam
came
in
slowly,
and
raised
himself
up
when
he
was
inside
the
doorway,
till
he
loomed
up
against
the
roof.
Then
he
turned
his
face
down
the
hall,
laid
his
arms
on
the
cross-
beam,
and
glared
all
over
the
place.
Thorhall
gave
no
sign
during
all
this,
for
he
thought
it
bad
enough
to
hear
what
was
going
on
outside.
"Grettir
lay
still
and
never
moved.
Glam
saw
that
there
was
a
bundle
lying
on
the
floor,
and
moved
further
up
the
hall
and
grasped
the
cloak
firmly.
Grettir
placed
his
feet
against
the
plank,
and
yielded
not
the
least.
Glam
tugged
a
second
time,
much
harder
than
before,
but
still
the
cloak
did
not
move.
A
third
time
he
pulled
with
both
his
hands,
so
hard
that
he
raised
Grettir
up
from
the
floor,
and
now
they
wrenched
the
cloak
asunder
between
them.
Glam
stood
staring
at
the
piece
which
he
held
in
his
hands,
and
wondering
greatly
who
could
have
pulled
so
hard
against
him.
At
that
moment
Grettir
sprang
in
under
the
monster's
hands,
and
threw
his
arms
around
his
waist,
intending
to
make
him
fall
backwards.
Glam,
however,
bore
down
upon
him
so
strongly
that
Grettir
was
forced
to
give
way
before
him.
He
then
tried
to
stay
himself
against
the
seat-boards,
but
these
gave
way
with
him,
and
everything
that
came
in
their
path
was
broken.
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