Lady Inger.

[Impatiently.] Yes yes,—he sent you hither to——?

Olaf Skaktavl.

[With secrecy.] Lady Inger—a stranger comes to Östråt to-night.

Lady Inger.

[Surprised.] What? Know you that——?

Olaf Skaktavl.

Assuredly I know it. I know all. ’Twas to meet him that Peter Kanzler sent me hither.

Lady Inger.

To meet him? Impossible, Olaf Skaktavl,—impossible!