ERIC. Let the dice rattle, then!
JORGHEN. Let them rattle! That's the right word for it. Now it's a question of head or tail, however—whether the King is to be the tail, and the man from Småland the head.... Look, who comes here!
KARIN enters from the right.
ERIC. [Staring at her] Who—is—that?
JORGHEN. A flower girl.
ERIC. No—this is—something else! Do you see?
JORGHEN. What?
ERIC. What I see—but, of course, you can't.
KARIN comes forward, kneels before ERIC and offers him a wreath.
ERIC. [Rises, takes the wreath and places it on the head of KARIN; then to JORGHEN] Look! Now the wreath has been added to the crown.[2]