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LADY INGER OF ÖSTRAT.
[ACT IV.
Lady Inger.
This very moment, Sir Knight!
Nils Lykke.
Nay, nay, impossible!
Lady Inger.
I have said it.
Nils Lykke.
[Softly, to Nils Stensson.] Obey her not!
Nils Stensson.
How can I do aught else? I will; I must!
Nils Lykke.
But 'tis your certain ruin
Nils Stensson.
What then! Her must I obey in all things
Nils Lykke.
[With authority.] And me?
Nils Stensson.
I shall keep my word; be sure of that. The secret shall not pass my lips till you yourself release me. But she is my mother!
Nils Lykke.
[Aside.] And Jens Bielke in wait on the
