JORGHEN. [As he is seized by the guard] Must I be spanked because he won't go to bed?
ERIC. Do you dare to lay hands on the Heir Apparent? 'Sdeath!
CAPTAIN. God is still alive, and so is the King!—March on!——
ERIC and JORGHEN are led out by the guard.
CAPTAIN. [To AGDA] And now you'll close your drink-shop. That's the final word. And as there is no question about it, you need not make any answer.
He goes out after the guard and the prisoners.
JACOB. Always this titanic hand that is never seen and always felt! Now it has been thrust out of a cloud to alter our humble fates. The liberator of the country has descended during the darkness of night to set my little bird free.—Will you take flight with me?
AGDA. Yes, with you—and far away!
JACOB. But where?
AGDA. The world is wide!