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LADY INGER OF ÖSTRAT.
[ACT V.
Nils Stensson.
[In a low voice.] Trust me—you will never repent of this.
Lady Inger.
[Half to herself.] God grant that you speak the truth!
[Nils Stensson goes out hastily by the furthest door on the left. Olaf Skaktavl is following; but Lady Inger detains him.
Lady Inger.
Did you understand his meaning?
Olaf Skaktavl.
The dastard! He would betray your secret. He would sacrifice your son to save himself.
Lady Inger.
When life is at stake, he said, we must try the last resource.—'Tis well, Olaf Skaktavl,—let it be as he has said!
Olaf Skaktavl.
What mean you?
Lady Inger.
Life against life! One of them must perish.
Olaf Skaktavl.
Ah—you would?
