[With an outburst.]
Gudmund!
Gudmund.
Listen! ’tis time you knew—
[He stops suddenly.
[Voices and laughter are heard by the river bank. Signë and some other Girls enter from the right, accompanied by Knut, Erik and several Younger Men.
Knut.
[Still at a distance.] Gudmund Alfson! Wait; I must speak a word with you.
[He stops, talking to Erik. The other Guests in the meantime enter the house.
Margit.