Lady Inger.
[In a loud voice.] 'Tis the spirits awaking!
[Olaf Skaktavl, Einar Huk, Biörn, Finn, and a number of Peasants and Retainers come in from the back, on the right.
The Peasants and Retainers.
Hail to Lady Inger Gyldenlöve!
Lady Inger.
[To Olaf Skaktavl.] Have you told them what is afoot?
Olaf Skaktavl.
I have told them all they need to know.
Lady Inger.
[To the Crowd.] Ay, now, my faithful house-folk and peasants, now must ye arm you as best you can and will. That which earlier to-night I forbade you, ye have now my fullest leave to do. And here I present to you the young Count Sture, the coming ruler of Sweden—and Norway too, if God will it so.
The Whole Crowd.
Hail to him! Hail to Count Sture!
[General excitement. The Peasants and Retainers choose out weapons and put on breastplates and helmets, amid great noise.
