CHARACTERS
Bengt Gauteson, Master of Solhoug.
Margit, his wife.
Signë, her sister.
Gudmund Alfson, their kinsman.
Knut Gesling, the King's sheriff.
Erik of Heggë, his friend.
A House-carl.
Another House-carl.
The King's Envoy.
An Old Man.
A Maiden.
Guests, both Men and Ladies.
Men of Knut Gesling's Train.
Serving-men and Maidens at Solhoug.
The action passes at Solhoug in the Fourteenth Century.
Pronunciation of Names: Gudmund = Goodmoond. The g in "Margit" and in "Gesling" is hard, as in "go," or, in "Gesling," it may be pronounced as y—"Yesling." The first o in "Solhoug" ought to have the sound of a very long "oo."