You, who would not live for me!

Jatgeir.

A man can die for another’s life-work; but if he go on living, he must live for his own.

[Goes.

Paul Flida.

[Impatiently.] Your commands, my lord! The Birchlegs may be in Oslo this very hour.

King Skule.

’Twere best if we could fare to St. Thomas Beckett’s grave; he has helped so many a sorrowful and penitent soul.

Paul Flida.

[More forcibly.] My lord, speak not so wildly now; I tell you, the Birchlegs are upon us!