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I will not meet Sigurd. Too well I feel that we must part; but to meet him now—no, no, I cannot! [Goes out to the left.

[Looks after her in silence for a moment.] And it was she I would have[Completes her thought by a glance at the bow-string]. That had been a poor revenge;—nay, I have cut deeper now! 'Tis hard to die, but sometimes harder still to live! enters from the back.

Belike it is Gunnar thou seekest; be seated, he will be here even now. [Is going.

Nay, stay; it is thee I seek, rather than him.

Me?

And 'tis well I find thee alone.

If thou comest to mock me, it would sure be no hindrance to thee though the hall were full of men and women.

Ay, ay, well I know what thoughts thou hast of me.

[Bitterly.] I do thee wrong mayhap! Nay, nay,