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God help me! What are you say<strong>in</strong>g, Miss! I cannot control my face, I, who s<strong>in</strong>ce my<br />

earliest youth have committed myself to rule over every wr<strong>in</strong>kle <strong>in</strong> it?<br />

It does not obey your orders.<br />

ELISABETH.<br />

BJØRN.<br />

Mistress! For heaven's sakes! You make me tremble all over! What does my face<br />

reveal? What k<strong>in</strong>d of secret would it be?<br />

That is just what I <strong>in</strong>sist you tell me.<br />

But if I have noth<strong>in</strong>g to say?<br />

Liar!<br />

ELISABETH.<br />

BJØRN.<br />

ELISABETH.<br />

BJØRN.<br />

If someth<strong>in</strong>g were entrusted to me, should I tarnish my honor, which I have earned by<br />

silence, by reveal<strong>in</strong>g it?<br />

You see? You admit it.<br />

ELISABETH.<br />

BJØRN.<br />

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