[Falls back a step in amazement.

But—Christ save me——!

Nils Lykke.

What now?

Nils Stensson.

The picture—! Sure ’tis I myself!

Nils Lykke.

’Tis old Sten Sture, even as he lived and moved in his youthful years.

Nils Stensson.

Sten Sture!—And the likeness—? And—said you not I spoke the truth, when I called myself a Count’s son? Was’t not so?