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When Thorkel of the Tongue heard what was going on at Nupsdale, he went up there after his girl. He did not see Cormac, but he called Stangerd to him, and said: "I hear that Cormac of Melstead is often up here after you. Now come you back with me, my girl."
Stangerd said that she was ready.