[Violently agitated.] Woman, not a word more!

Dagny.

[Softly.] Sigurd, wilt thou endure——?

Sigurd.

[Likewise.] Be still!

Hiördis.

[To the company.] And now, ye brave men—which is the mightier, Sigurd or Gunnar?

Gunnar.

Silence!

Hiördis.