(An uproar of many voices is heard outside the door on the right.)
BIORN. What can this be?
ELINA. Go out and see what is amiss.
(EINAR HUK, the bailiff, appears in the ante-room, with a crowd
of Retainers and Peasants.)
EINAR HUK (in the doorway). Straight in to her! And see you
lose not heart!
BIORN. What do you seek?
EINAR HUK. Lady Inger herself.
BIORN. Lady Inger? So late?
EINAR HUK. Late, but time enough, I wot.
THE PEASANTS. Yes, yes; she must hear us now!