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Everyone is invited. I have put an "X" next to the name of everyone that has permission
to come.
(looking at the paper).
WALKENDORFF.
Oh, that's fine! There will be plenty of guests, both invited and uninvited. Let me see
now, you are arranging everything for the best. I must go into the dancing salon in order
to see how everything is arranged, and then I shall go to the forest, where the peasants are
having a feast. I must also see if they have supplied themselves generously.
BJØRN.
Gracious lord! I flatter myself that nothing is lacking. But you do well to look after it
yourself.
WALKENDORFF.
In the meanwhile, do not forget what you have to do.
BJØRN.
No, you do not need to worry about that.
(WALKENDORFF leaves.)
SCENE FIVE.
BJØRN alone.
He is gone. If the young lady were here now, then this would be the most convenient
time for her to pursue her intention. I do not know how all this will end, but I have a
premonition that the whole wedding will end in an uproar, and in that case is it not good
to
have everything ready for a new one?... Ah, here is the young lady.
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