ARNE. You have changed your mind, perchance?
LADY KIRSTEN. Nor that either! If I have given my word, then am I likewise ready to keep it, today just as well as tomorrow; for such was ever the custom and rule in my family. But in this instance it is not in my power; one there is lacking—
INGEBORG. One! Whom? Surely I should think that when the bride is ready,—
LADY KIRSTEN. For a wedding two people are needed, the groom as well as the bride—
ARNE AND THE GUESTS. Olaf!
INGEBORG. My betrothed!
LADY KIRSTEN. Yes, he, my son—this night he is fled from his home and his bride.
GUESTS. Fled!
ARNE. Fled! He!
LADY KIRSTEN. As I hope for the grace of heaven, I have no hand therein.