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ACT V.]
LADY INGER OF ÖSTRAT.
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Lady Inger.

[Clutches at her head and shrieks.] The corpse! [Whispers.] Pah! 'Tis a hideous dream.

[Sinks back into the high-seat.

Jens Bielke.

[Who has come in from the right, stops and cries in astonishment.] Dead! Then after all——

One of the Men-at-Arms.

'Twas he himself that——

Jens Bielke.

[With a look at Nils Lykke.] He himself——?

Nils Lykke.

Hush!

Lady Inger.

[Faintly, coming to herself.] Ay, right;—now I remember all.

Jens Bielke.

[To the Men-at-Arms.] Set down the corpse. It is not Count Sture.

One of the Men-at-Arms.

Your pardon, Captain;—this ring that he wore around his neck——

Nils Lykke.

[Seizes his arm.] Be still!