FRU INGER.
Jeg forstår eder. Jeg har ikke været bøjelig nok. Det er ikke gået så glat, som man ønskede, med at drage mig over i eders lejr. – Mig synes dog, I intet har at klage på. Min datter Meretes husbond er eders landsmand. Videre kan jeg ikke gå. Min stilling er vanskelig, Nils Lykke!
LADY INGER.
I understand you. I have not been pliant enough. It has not proved so easy as some of you hoped to lure me over into your camp.-- Yet methinks you have nought to complain of. My daughter Merete’s husband is your countryman--further I cannot go. My position is no easy one, Nils Lykke!