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Then shall I be of good cheer as I go back to Halogaland.

Ay, you may be of good cheer.

There will I repent and pray, till the Lord calls me. And when we meet before God, he shall come back to me pure and blameless.

Pure and blameless! [Turning to .] Let me look at you! Ay, your mother's features and mine; you are he for whom I have longed so sorely.

My father, my great, noble father! Let me live and fight for you! Let your cause be mine; and be your cause what it may—I know that I am fighting for the right!

[With a cry of joy.] You trust in me! You trust in me!

Immovably!

Then all is well; then am I surely saved! Listen: you shall cast off the cowl; the Archbishop shall loose you from your vows; the King's son shall wield the sword, shall go forward unwavering to might and honour.