KING. [Rising and walking the floor] There is truth in what you say. I can feel it, but it does not fetch bottom in my mind. Say one word more.
OLAVUS. Dacke will be right as long as you are in the wrong, and God will be with him until you take your place on the side of right.
KING. I can't bend!
OLAVUS. Then you'll be broken by someone else.
KING. [Walking back and forth] Are you thinking of the Dalecarlians? Have you heard of a rising among them on account of the executions?
OLAVUS. Such a thing has been rumoured.
KING. I am lost.
OLAVUS. Write to Dacke!
KING. [Without conviction] I won't.
OLAVUS. The Emperor does.