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will decide the case and levy punishment. The two men are duly chosen and find Odd guilty, but they impose only an insignificant fine. Thus the two do not break their oaths with the others, and yet they still reap a reward. The story ends with Odd reconciling with his father and marrying the daughter of one of the jurymen.
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