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

The flute's whistle
Will call us
To the wedding in the beech grove.
2.
The silent night
Sinks over valley
Fields and cottages;
Yonder from his elf-thicket
The king will
Listen quietly
To the party in the beech grove.
3.
Quickly to the banquet hall
Young and old
Walk with delight.
Here by the sunny crossing
The sound of happiness
Will gather us
To the wedding in the beech grove.
(They go into the house.)
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SECOND ACT.
A salon at Høistrup. On the left side in the foreground is a window which opens onto
the garden. On the same side in the background an entrance to a side room.
SCENE ONE.
BJØRN OLUFSON, alone, stands at the open window and speaks out into the garden.
BJØRN.
I beg your pardon? Hush! Hush! You do not need to talk so loud. The walls have
ears.... Now you understand. Yes, Lord God! You must take the opportunity as it
comes.... I beg your pardon?... Can I be quiet? Do not ask me that. I am a man who has
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