[Wildly.] Sigurd!

The Crowd.

Sigurd! Sigurd did the deed!

Hiördis.

[Quivering with agitation.] He! he!—Gunnar, is this true?

Gunnar.

[With lofty calm.] It is all true, save only that I am a coward; no coward or dastard am I.

Sigurd.

[Moved.] That art thou not, Gunnar! That hast thou never been! [To the rest.] Away, my men! Away from here!

Dagny.