Lady Inger.

The old burden.

Olaf Skaktavl.

Ay, it sounds but ill in your ears, I know; yet hear it you must, for all that. In brief, then: I come from Sweden: troubles are brewing: the Dales are ready to rise.

Lady Inger.

I know it.

Olaf Skaktavl.

Peter Kanzler[[19]] is with us—secretly, you understand.

Lady Inger.

[Starting.] Peter Kanzler?