GUNNAR. And when they are withered—
GUNLÖD. Of that I do not think.
GUNNAR. Then go with me from this drear land—far away, and there where our childhood was spent we will live as free as the birds among the flowers and sunshine. There you shall not go in stealth to the temple of the Lord when the bells tell you of the Sabbath. Oh, you shall see the new chapel with its vaulted roof and high pillared aisles. And hear the acolytes singing when the bishop lights the incense on the high altar. There shall you solemnize the God service with those of Christ and you shall feel you heart cleansed of sin.
GUNLÖD. Shall I fly—leave my mother?
GUNNAR. She will forgive you some time.
GUNLÖD. But my father would call me cowardly and that I would never allow.
GUNNAR. That you must endure for the sake of your belief.
GUNLÖD. Thorfinn's daughter was never cowardly.
GUNNAR. Your father does not love you, and he will hate you when he knows of your conversion.
GUNLÖD. That he may do—but he shall never despise me.