Earl Skule.

And if you find it, you will give it into my hands?

Bishop Nicholas.

That I promise.

Earl Skule.

You swear it by your soul’s salvation?

Bishop Nicholas.

I swear it by my soul’s salvation!

Earl Skule.

Good; till that time I will work against Håkon, wherever it can be done secretly and unnoted. He must be hindered from growing mightier than I, ere the struggle begins.