KNUT
(til Margit).
Og imorges, da I fik mit ord på, at jeg ingen ufred skulde yppe her ikveld, – I har da vidst, at Gudmund Alfsøn var ivente. Ha, ha, bild jer aldrig ind, at I kan drive gæk med Knut Gæsling! Signe er bleven mig kær. Endnu før middag var det bare mit ubesindige løfte, som drev mig til at bejle efter hende; men nu –
KNUT.
[To MARGIT.]
And this morning, when you made me give my word that I would stir no strife here to-night--you already knew that Gudmund Alfson was coming. Ha, ha, think not that you can hoodwink Knut Gesling! Signe has become dear to me. Even this morning ’twas but my hasty vow that drove me to seek her hand; but now--