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Håkon.
Touch it not!—It has even now been lifted in oath
Margrete.
In oath?
Håkon.
An oath that set its sacred seal upon a death-*warrant.
Margrete.
[With a shriek.] My father! Oh, my father!
[Totters; two women rush forward to
support her.
Håkon.
Yes, Margrete—his King has doomed your father to death.
Margrete.
Then well I know he has committed a greater crime than when he took the kingly title.
Håkon.
That has he;—and now, if you feel that we must part, so let it be.
Margrete.
[Coming close to him, firmly.] We can never part! I am your wife, nought else in the world but your wife
Håkon.
Are you strong enough? Did you hear and understand all? I have doomed your father.
Margrete.
I heard and understood. You have doomed my father.
