OLAVUS. Master Stig Larsson is commanded before the King at once!
STIG. Commanded? Who commands here?
OLAVUS. The King.
MONS. [Leaping to his feet] Treachery!
OLAVUS. Exactly: treachery and traitors!—If you don't go at once, Master Stig, you'll ride bareback!
STIG. To hell!
OLAVUS. Yes, to hell!—Away!
MONS and ANDERS rise and start for the door.
MONS. Do you know who I am—that I am a free miner and a friend of the King?
OLAVUS. Be seated then, and keep your peace. If you are a friend of the King, there has been a mistake. Sit down, Anders Persson and Mons Nilsson! No harm will befall you or anybody else who is innocent. Let Master Stig go, and don't get excited. Where does the thought of violence come from, if not from your own bad conscience?