KNUT.
Å, kongens lov! Du véd lige så godt som jeg, kongens lov agtes ikke stort her inde i bygderne. Skulde kongens lov gælde, så måtte mangen staut karl iblandt os bøde både for bruderov og manddrab. – Kom nu her! Jeg gad vide, hvor Signe –?
(de går ud til højre.)
(Gudmund og Signe kommer nedover fodstien i baggrunden.)
KNUT.
Oh, the King’s decree! You know as well as I that the King’s decree is but little heeded here in the uplands. Were the King’s decree to be enforced, many a stout fellow among us would have to pay dear both for bride-rape and for man-slaying. Come this way, I would fain know where Signe--?
[They go out to the right.]
[GUDMUND and SIGNE come down the footpath at the back.]
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