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Agnete! Wake up! It is as if you were sleepwalking. You sigh, you look around, you
hardly hear anything I say. Come, child, there is plenty to do here today. Give a helping
hand, and stop brooding.
AGNETE.
Yes, dear Mother! What do you want me to do?
KAREN.
Move all the plates and tankards out here onto the table, and look after the house as well;
meanwhile I am going to the castle to fetch the mead. We already have enough beer and
cider, but they must toast the bridal couple with mead.
Oh, yes!
AGNETE.
KAREN.
Now, what do you have to sigh about? Go inside, my child, and be quick about it, then
you will be in a better mood.
(Agnete goes into the house.)
SCENE SEVEN.
KAREN alone.
Poor child! She does not know herself what makes her so moody, and what draws her
continually to Elves’ Hill. I hope she never finds out!
(Goes out to the left.)
SCENE EIGHT.
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