[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.