[Throws herself, with a cry of joy, at her mother’s feet, and seizes her hands.] My mother! My mother! Forgive me, if you can, all the wrong I have done you!
Lady Inger.
What do you mean? Elina, I do not understand you.
Elina.
Then they were all deceived! You are still true at heart!
Lady Inger.
Rise, rise and tell me——
Elina.
Think you I do not know who the stranger is?
Lady Inger.