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_ ACT I SCENE XIII
[The Preceding. ARNE, INGEBORG, HEMMING, WEDDING GUESTS, and LADY KIRSTEN from the left.]
ARNE.
Good luck, Lady Kirsten, to you! You have found him again, I am told.
LADY KIRSTEN.
Of course I have found him.--And now for home!
ARNE.
[To OLAF.]
And no harm has been done you?
OLAF.
[Absent-minded.]
Me! What do you mean?
LADY KIRSTEN.
[Interrupting.]
Of course not, Lord Arne! He went astray on the hunt and--
INGEBORG.
[Pointing to ALFHILD.]
But this young woman--?
LADY KIRSTEN.
A poor child! She has given him lodging and shelter.
ARNE.
But there is no one who lives up here.
LADY KIRSTEN.
Yet a stray one here and there! There is many a solitary family still dwells among the mountains since the time of the plague.
ARNE. Then come, come! The horses are waiting below on the hill.
OLAF.
[Painfully, as he glances at ALFHILD.]
O mother! I cannot!
LADY KIRSTEN.
[Softly and resolute.]
You must! It will be your eternal shame if you--
ARNE.
What does he mean?
LADY KIRSTEN.
He is sick and tired as yet, but it will pass off. Come!
LADY KIRSTEN.
[With a significant look at OLAF.]
The young woman comes too!
INGEBORG.
You mean that she--!
LADY KIRSTEN.
Faithfully has she nursed him; it is only fitting that she be rewarded.
ARNE.
And tomorrow the wedding is held!
LADY KIRSTEN.
Tomorrow,--that I solemnly swear!
ARNE.
I have your word!
HEMMING.
[Softly and triumphant, as he brings forth the ring.] And I have Ingeborg's golden ring!
INGEBORG.
[Takes the ring from him and says carelessly.] My ring! Aha,--so you have my ring, Hemming! Thanks, I shall now take care of it myself!
[HEMMING stands a moment dumfounded and then follows very slowly the rest, who all except ALFHILD go out to the left.] _
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