Maia.
[Drawing Ulfheim away.] Let us make haste and get down.
Ulfheim.
[To Professor Rubek.] I cannot help more than one. Take refuge in the hut in the meantime—while the storm lasts. Then I shall send people up to fetch the two of you away.
Irene.
[In terror.] To fetch us away! No, no!
Ulfheim.
[Harshly.] To take you by force if necessary—for it’s a matter of life and death here. Now, you know it. [To Maia.] Come, then—and don’t fear to trust yourself in your comrade’s hands.
Maia.
[Clinging to him.] Oh, how I shall rejoice and sing, if I get down with a whole skin!