MONS. [Shaking hands with them] God be with you, Anders Persson! God be with you, Nils Söderby! God be with you, Inghel Hansson! God be with you, Master Stig! Come forward and be seated.
All seat themselves at the long table.
ANDERS. You are getting ready, I see.
MONS. So we are.—And where's the King?
ANDERS. The other side of the hill, says the ski-runner that just returned.
MONS. As near as that?—And what errand is supposed to bring him here?
ANDERS. Ask Nils of Söderby.
NILS. They say he is headed for Norway to fight Christian.
Inghel. There are others who think that he is coming to thank us Dalecarlians for the good help rendered in his last fight.
STIG. That would not be like him.