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LADY INGER OF ÖSTRAT.
[ACT I.
Elina.
Do you wonder at that, my mother?
Lady Inger.
It rests with you whether all this shall henceforth be changed.
Elina.
How so?
Lady Inger.
Listen.—I look for a guest to-night.
Elina.
[Comes nearer.] A guest?
Lady Inger.
A guest, who must remain a stranger to all. None must know whence he comes or whither he goes.
Elina.
[Throws herself, with a cry of joy, at her mother's feet, and seizes her hands.] My mother! My mother! Forgive me, if you can, all the wrong I have done you!
Lady Inger.
What do you mean? Elina, I do not understand you.
Elina.
Then they were all deceived! You are still true at heart!
