cultural resources in henrik ibsen's early environment - Ibsen.net

But I can still love you, my lord,
In silent thoughts, modestly, as it ought to be;
But to see you as another's bridegroom! No!
I cannot do that.
EBBESEN.
Do not doubt my word!
Did not a worthier knight than I,
The noble Tycho Brahe,
Marry a simple peasant-girl?
What I have sworn, I swear again:
I shall have no rest, no peace, until I
Have led my elf-girl to the altar.
Do not call me that!
AGNETE.
EBBESEN.
That is what you should be called.
AGNETE.
It only reminds me again of my sin.
EBBESEN.
What sin? What offense?
AGNETE.
That I have concealed
My love from my mother. I do not know
What thoughts she has when she sees me
Walking towards Elves’ Hill. She knows very well
That many who have seen me yonder in the thicket
Take me for an elf-girl.
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