Olaf Skaktavl.

Inger Gyldenlöve’s son! What say you?

Lady Inger.

[Half kneeling to Nils Lykke.] Mercy! oh, be merciful——!

Nils Lykke.

[Raises her up.] Collect yourself, and let us talk together calmly.

Lady Inger.

[In a low voice, as though bewildered.] Did you hear it, Olaf Skaktavl? Or was it but a dream? Heard you what he said?

Nils Lykke.

It was no dream, Lady Inger!