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LADY INGER OF ÖSTRAT.
[ACT V.
No, no, no!—Think not I am a coward, Inger Gyldenlöve! Might I but have time to show
Lady Inger.
I hear them now in the hall below.
[Firmly to Olaf Skaktavl.
He must be saved—cost what it will!
Nils Stensson.
[Seizes her hand.] Oh, I knew it;—you are noble and good!
Olaf Skaktavl.
But how? Since we cannot hide him
Nils Stensson.
Ah, I have it! I have it! The secret!
Lady Inger.
The secret?
Nils Stensson.
Even so; yours and mine!
Lady Inger.
Merciful Heaven—you know it?
Nils Stensson.
From first to last. And now when 'tis life or death—Where is Nils Lykke?
Lady Inger.
Fled.
