He did? So much the better. I will strike him dead.

Margit.

[Smiling contemptuously.] H’m—

Bengt.

I will kill him, I say! I fear not to face ten such fellows as he. In the store-house hangs my grandfather’s axe; its shaft is inlaid with silver; with that axe in my hands, I tell you—! [Thumps the table and drinks.] To-morrow I shall arm myself, go forth with all my men, and slay Knut Gesling.

[Empties the beaker.

Margit.

[To herself.] Oh, to have to live with him!

[Is in the act of leaving the room.

Bengt.