Earl Skule.
[Reads, and looks steadily at the King.] Vegard Væradal? In Halogaland?
Håkon.
The northern part stands vacant.
Earl Skule.
Bethink you that Andres Skialdarband[[28]] has also a charge in the north. They two are bitter foes;—Andres Skialdarband is of my following——
Håkon.
[Smiling and rising.] And Vegard Væradal of mine. Therefore they must e’en make friends again, the sooner the better. Henceforth there must be no enmity between the King’s men and the Earl’s.
Bishop Nicholas.
Ha!—this may go too far. [Approaches, uneasy.