OLAF SKAKTAVL. But how? Since we cannot hide him——
NILS STENSSON. Ah, I have it! I have it! The secret——!
LADY INGER. The secret?
NILS STENSSON. Even so; yours and mine!
LADY INGER. Christ in Heaven—you know it?
NILS STENSSON. From first to last. And now when 'tis life or death—— Where is Nils Lykke?
LADY INGER. Fled.
NILS STENSSON. Fled? Then God help me; for he only can unseal my lips.—But what is a promise against a life! When the Swedish captain comes——
LADY INGER. What then? What will you do?
NILS STENSSON. Purchase life and freedom;—tell him all.