Håkon.

An oath that set its sacred seal upon a death-warrant.

Margrete.

[With a shriek.] My father! Oh, my father!

[Totters; two women rush forward to support her.

Håkon.

Yes, Margrete—his King has doomed your father to death.

Margrete.

Then well I know he has committed a greater crime than when he took the kingly title.

Håkon.