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'Tis he that has sent me to Östråt.

[Rises.] Peter Kanzler, say you?

He himself;—but mayhap you no longer know him?

[Half to herself.] Only too well!—But tell me, I pray you,—what message do you bring?

When the rumour of the rising reached the border mountains, where I then was, I set off at once into Sweden. 'Twas not hard to guess that Peter Kanzler had a finger in the game. I sought him out and offered to stand by him;—he knew me of old, as you know, and knew that he could trust me; so he has sent me hither.

[Impatiently.] Yes yes,—he sent you hither to?

[With secrecy.] Lady Inger—a stranger comes to Östråt to-night.

[Surprised.] What? Know you that?