[From the back.] Two wayfarers from afar stand without, praying to have speech with you my lord.

King Skule.

Who are they?

Bård Bratte.

A woman and a priest.

King Skule.

Let the woman and the priest approach.

[Bård goes; King Skule seats himself, musing, on the right; presently there enters a black-robed woman; she wears a long cloak, a hood, and a thick veil, which conceals her face; a priest follows her, and remains standing by the door.

King Skule.

Who are you?