goes climbing, hand in hand.

God’s angel-babes are watching

thy cot, the still night through;

God bless thee, little Håkon,

thy mother watcheth too.

A short pause. Duke Skule enters from the back.

Margrete.

[Starts up with a cry of joy and rushes to meet him.] My father!—Oh, how I have sighed and yearned for this meeting!

Duke Skule.

God’s peace be with you, Margrete! Where is the King?