ACT V.]
LADY INGER OF ÖSTRAT.
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Nils Stensson.
Where are the Swedes?
Olaf Skaktavl.
At our heels. They are breaking open the gate
Nils Stensson.
Oh, God! No, no! I cannot—I will not die.
Olaf Skaktavl.
A hiding-place, Lady Inger! Is there no corner where we can hide him?
Lady Inger.
But if they search the castle
?Nils Stensson.
Ay, ay; they will find me! And then to be dragged away to prison, or be strung up
! No, no, Inger Gyldenlöve,—I know full well,—you will never suffer that to be!Olaf Skaktavl.
[Listening.] There burst the lock.
Lady Inger.
[At the window.] Many men rush in at the gateway.
Nils Stensson.
And to lose my life now! Now, when my true life was but beginning! Now, when I have so lately learnt that I have aught to live for.