Halla. I may have cared more for him than I knew myself. If you will let him get away, I shall have no objection to making our two farms into one.
Bjørn. I never thought your overseer would be the means of my getting you for a wife, but I yield on those terms. Once we are married, you will surely forget him. But he must be gone from here within twenty-four hours, and I want you to know that if he ever shows himself in these parts again, he will have to take his punishment.
Halla. You need have no fear that he will ever come back here.
Bjørn. Then let us forget all about him. You have saved him from jail for a time, but he's sure to end there any way. (Goes to her.) Who would have thought that you should become my little wife! (Tries to put his arm around her waist.)
Halla (draws back). So many things happen that we do not look for.
Enter Kari.
Bjørn. You are just in time. It will surely please you to hear that your mistress is to marry me within a short time.
Kari (turning to Halla). What does this mean?
Bjørn (laughing). You hadn't expected this. (Goes to Halla.) My sweetheart might give me a kiss.
Halla (warding him off). No, no!