Nils Lykke.

[Slaps his breast and cries:] Olaf Skaktavl—here stands the master of Östråt!

Lady Inger.

Sir Councillor——!

Olaf Skaktavl.

[Rises from the table.] What now?

Nils Lykke.

[To Lady Inger.] I accept not the wager; for in a moment you will gladly give Östråt Castle, and more to boot, to be freed from the snare wherein not I but you are tangled.

Lady Inger.

Your jest, Sir, grows a vastly merry one.