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ACT V.]
LADY INGER OF ÖSTRAT.
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Nils Stensson.

Where are the Swedes?

Olaf Skaktavl.

At our heels. They are breaking open the gate——

Nils Stensson.

Oh, God! No, no! I cannot—I will not die.

Olaf Skaktavl.

A hiding-place, Lady Inger! Is there no corner where we can hide him?

Lady Inger.

But if they search the castle——?

Nils Stensson.

Ay, ay; they will find me! And then to be dragged away to prison, or be strung up——! No, no, Inger Gyldenlöve,—I know full well,—you will never suffer that to be!

Olaf Skaktavl.

[Listening.] There burst the lock.

Lady Inger.

[At the window.] Many men rush in at the gateway.

Nils Stensson.

And to lose my life now! Now, when my true life was but beginning! Now, when I have so lately learnt that I have aught to live for.