King Skule.
Chiefly the barren——? They love the children of others with all their warmest passions?
Jatgeir.
That will oftentimes befall.
King Skule.
And does it not sometimes befall that such a barren woman will slay another’s child, because she herself has none?
Jatgeir.
Ay, ay; but in that she does unwisely.
King Skule.
Unwisely?