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But you know me not?

'Tis you that are to lead me to Elgesæter.

'Tis I that will lead you to the throne.

Can you do that?

I can, if you but will it.

And by what means?

By the means I have used before;—I will take you up into a high mountain and show you all the glory of the world.

All the glory of the world have I seen ere now, in dreams of temptation.

'Twas I that gave you those dreams.

Who are you?

An envoy from the oldest Pretender in the world.