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One fine day it so happened that an elderly woman swathed in dark shawls was sitting on the horse-stone across from the cottage-door at Brekkukot, trying to summon up enough courage to knock on the door. Then my grandfather arrived and greeted this woman and raised his hat.
"You must be Björn of Brekkukot, surely," said the woman. "God give you good day."