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Lady Ragnhild.
You are to be Queen!
Margrete.
Queen only;—but I think I am glad even of that. [She and her mother go out to the right.
Earl Skule.
[To Ivar Bodde.] Here are our letters; bear them to the King's mother and to Kanga. [Ivar Bodde bows and goes.
Dagfinn.
[In the doorway of the hall.] The Archbishop of Nidaros craves leave to offer King Håkon Håkonsson his homage.
Håkon.
[Draws a deep breath.] At last, then, I am King of Norway.
Earl Skule.
[Places the Great Seal in his girdle.] But I rule the realm.