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.