MONS. What do you mean?
ANDERS. What are you thinking of, Nils?
NILS. Oh, my thoughts are running so fast that I can't keep up with them. But one thing I am sure of: that it's going hard with Inghel Hansson. [He goes out.
OLAVUS. Is this sulphur smoke always hanging over the place?
MONS. Mostly when the wind is in the east.
MONS and ANDERS withdraw to the left corner of the room and sit down there. Master Stig shows plainly that he is much alarmed.
OLAVUS. Is it the quartz or the pyrites that make the worst smoke?
ANDERS. Why do you ask?
OLAVUS. That's a poor answer!
MONS. May I ask you in return whether King Christian still is free?