Margit, I thank you. And now farewell. [Listening.] Hush! I hear the tramp of hoofs in the court-yard.
Signë.
[Apprehensively.] Strangers have arrived.
[A House-Carl appears in the doorway at the back.
House-Carl.
The King’s men are without. They seek Gudmund Alfson.
Signë.
Oh God!
Margit.
[In great alarm.] The King’s men!