Say, do you dare with me to stand or fall?

Henceforth along the beaten walks I’ll move

Heedful of each constraining etiquette;

Spread, like the rest of men, my board, and set

The ring upon the finger of my love!

[Takes a ring from his finger and holds it up.

Svanhild [in breathless suspense].

You mean that?

Falk.

Yes, by us the world shall see,