King Skule.

And whom call you the unsound doubter?

Jatgeir.

He who doubts of his own doubt.

King Skule.

[Slowly.] That, methinks, were death.

Jatgeir.

’Tis worse; ’tis neither day nor night.

King Skule.

[Quickly, as if shaking off his thoughts.] Where are my weapons? I will fight and act—not think. What was it you would have told me when you came?