[Gives her his hand.] Inger Gyldenlöve—your name shall not die out through me.
Follows Nils Stensson into the inner room.
Lady Inger.
[Pale and trembling.] But dare I——?
[A noise is heard in the room; she rushes with a scream towards the door.
No, no,—it must not be!
[A heavy fall is heard within; she covers her ears with her hands and hurries back across the hall with a wild look. After a pause she takes her hands cautiously away, listens again, and says softly:
Now it is over. All is still within——
Thou sawest it, God—I repented me! But Olaf Skaktavl was too swift of hand.
[Olaf Skaktavl comes silently into the hall.