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How shall I give you the letter?<br />

Quiet! Don't let him notice anyth<strong>in</strong>g!<br />

Just tell me! Hurry!<br />

Careful! Careful!<br />

ELISABETH (aside to BJØRN).<br />

BJØRN (aside to ELISABETH).<br />

ELISABETH.<br />

BJØRN.<br />

WALKENDORFF.<br />

What is this? What k<strong>in</strong>d of secrets do you two have together? You are hatch<strong>in</strong>g some<br />

plan or other, which I am not supposed to know about. I have observed for some time...<br />

BJØRN.<br />

How can my gracious lord believe...<br />

WALKENDORFF.<br />

I know what I believe. You, my dear Bjørn Olufson, are the most secretive person under<br />

the sun. You should never come out except at night, walk<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> felt stock<strong>in</strong>gs, and with<br />

your f<strong>in</strong>ger on your lips, as they depict the god of silence.<br />

BJØRN.<br />

Gracious lord! How can you reproach me with the silence for which you have always<br />

have praised me? If I had not been silent...<br />

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