[Runs laughing up to Margit.]

Ha, ha, ha! He will not believe that ’tis I!

Margit.

[Smiling, to Gudmund.]

You see: while in far-off lands you strayed,

She, too, has altered, the little maid.

Gudmund.

Aye truly! But that she should be—Why,

’Tis a marvel in very deed.

[Takes both Signë’s hands and looks at her.