Earl Skule.
Then, in God’s name or Satan’s—I will strike off the head along with it!
[Goes out to the right.
Bishop Nicholas.
[Looks out after him, nods slowly, and says:] Ay—ay—’tis in this mood I like the Earl!
ACT THIRD.
A room in the Bishop’s Palace at Oslo.[[33]] On the right is the entrance door. In the back, a small door, standing open, leads into the Chapel, which is lighted up. A curtained door in the left wall leads into the Bishop’s sleeping room. In front, on the same side, stands a cushioned couch. Opposite, on the right, is a writing-table, with letters, documents, and a lighted lamp.
At first the room is empty; behind the curtain on the left, the singing of monks is heard. Presently Paul Flida, in travelling dress, enters from the right, stops by the door, waits, looks around, and then knocks three times with his staff upon the floor.
Sira Viliam.
[Comes out from the left, and exclaims in a hushed voice.] Paul Flida! God be praised;—then the Earl is not far off.