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MOGENS.<br />

Well, the tune is lively enough, but it deals with the same subject.<br />

KAREN.<br />

You know very well I do not s<strong>in</strong>g about anyth<strong>in</strong>g else.<br />

MOGENS.<br />

I can't blame you. Just this morn<strong>in</strong>g, a moment ago, I saw the elf-girl beyond the thicket<br />

at the foot of the hill.<br />

Quiet!<br />

KAREN.<br />

MOGENS.<br />

She disappeared between the trees as I approached. I walked no farther than that stone<br />

over there, s<strong>in</strong>ce I had no desire to follow her tracks.<br />

KAREN.<br />

Quiet, I say! Don't you see there are strangers here?<br />

(They cont<strong>in</strong>ue <strong>in</strong> conversation.)<br />

FLEMMING (to the KING).<br />

Your grace, don't you th<strong>in</strong>k it's a shame about these old songs of elves, brownies and<br />

trolls; they have outlived the time when one believed them literally; so when these people<br />

put on a long face one does not know whether to laugh or cry.<br />

KING.<br />

Certa<strong>in</strong> songs and legends please me.<br />

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