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When Björn of Leirur went to see the sheriff and complained about the fact that a foreign agent was moving round the country like a moor fire and buying up decent people on behalf of the Mormons, so that Iceland was in danger of depopulation, the sheriff said, "Decent people? What sort of people are they? Do you mean parish paupers or saga-heroes?"
"You remember the girl from Steinahlíðar who had a virgin birth? " said Björn. "The Mormons have managed to get their noses into that, of course. I am thinking of adopting the boy legally."