Ivar Bodde.

[Seizes him by the arm.] Lord Bishop,—is it as you say?

Bishop Nicholas.

Hush! Do not mix me up in the matter.

[Retires.

Ivar Bodde.

Then must I straightway——Dagfinn the Peasant! Dagfinn! Dagfinn——!

[Pushes through the crowd towards the door.

Bishop Nicholas.

[In a tone of commiseration, to Gregorius Jonsson.] Never a day but one or another must suffer in goods or freedom.