Gunnar.

Tell me, Hiördis, what thinkest thou of this hall?

Hiördis.

To speak truly, Gunnar, sometimes it seems to me too strait and narrow.

Gunnar.

Ay, ay, so I have thought; we are one too many.

Hiördis.

Two, mayhap.

Gunnar.

[Who has not heard her last words.] But that shall be set right.