Say you so? And if I now told you that 'tis even that I have
in mind?
GUDMUND.
Good luck and happiness to you then, Knut Gesling! And now you
must know that I too--
KNUT.
You? Are you, too, so purposed?
GUDMUND.
Aye truly. But the King's wrath--I am a banished man--
KNUT.
Nay, to that you need give but little thought. As yet there is
no one here, save Dame Margit, that knows aught of the matter;
and so long as I am your friend, you have one in whom you can
trust securely. Now I must tell you--
[He proceeds in a whisper as they go up again.
SIGNE.
[As she and MARGIT again advance.] But tell me then Margit--!
MARGIT.
More I dare not tell you.
SIGNE.
Then will I be more open-hearted than you. But first answer me
one question. [Bashfully, with hesitation.] Is there no one who
has told you anything concerning me?
MARGIT.
Concerning you? Nay, what should that be?
SIGNE.
[As before, looking downwards.] You said to me this morning: if
a wooer came riding hither--?
MARGIT.
That is true. [To herself.] Knut Gesling--has he already--?
[Eagerly to SIGNE.] Well? What then?
SIGNE.
[Softly, but with exultation.] The wooer has come! He has come,
Margit! I knew not then whom you meant; but now--!
MARGIT.
And what have you answered him?
SIGNE.
Oh, how should I know? [Flinging her arms round her sister's
neck.
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