[With a serious smile.] I have tried it; every night that brings me sleep makes me King of Norway.
Bishop Nicholas.
Dreams forbode.
Earl Skule.
Ay, and tempt.
Bishop Nicholas.
Not you, surely. In bygone days, that I could understand—but now, when you hold a third part of the kingdom, rule as the first man in the land, and are the Queen’s father——
Earl Skule.
Now most of all—now most of all.
Bishop Nicholas.