Lady Inger.

[To Nils Lykke.] My daughter Elina.

Nils Lykke.

[Softly.] Elina! I had not pictured her thus.

[Elina catches sight of Nils Lykke, and stands still, as in surprise, gazing at him.

Lady Inger.

[Touches her arm.] My child—this knight is——

Elina.

[Motions her mother back with her hand, still looking intently at him, and says:] There is no need! I see who he is. He is Nils Lykke.

Nils Lykke.