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THE FEAST AT SOLHOUG.
[ACT II.
Signë.
[Looks at her in astonishment, and shakes her head.] Nay, but, Margit—?
Margit.
Aye, aye, you do not understand, but none the less—
[They go up again, talking to each other. Gudmund and Knut come down on the other side.
Gudmund.
Well, if so it be—if this wild life no longer contents you—then I will give you the best counsel that ever friend gave to friend: take to wife an honourable maiden.
Knut.
Say you so? And if I now told you that 'tis even that I have in mind?
Gudmund.
Good luck and happiness to you then, Knut Gesling! And now you must know that I too—
Knut.
You? Are you, too, so purposed?
Gudmund.
Aye, truly. But the King's wrath;—I am a banished man—
