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AGNETE.<br />

Mother!<br />

I have often been about to confess it to you,<br />

But fear suppressed it.<br />

KAREN.<br />

Are you dream<strong>in</strong>g?<br />

Do you mean our sheriff, who is marry<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Miss Munk this even<strong>in</strong>g?<br />

AGNETE.<br />

Spare me, spare me!<br />

I feel my humiliation; but yet...<br />

Even though he has faithlessly betrayed his oath,<br />

I still believe that he loves me.... Believe it?<br />

No, no, I know it!... Even if he said to me:<br />

"I do not love you any more," I would answer boldly:<br />

"You lie, sire! I am still your beloved!<br />

KAREN.<br />

Ag<strong>net</strong>e! Ah, I am trembl<strong>in</strong>g! Yet tell me,<br />

When have you talked with the sheriff, and how?<br />

AGNETE.<br />

In the even<strong>in</strong>g at twilight, and <strong>in</strong> the morn<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

On Elves’ Hill.<br />

KAREN.<br />

On Elves’ Hill! Ag<strong>net</strong>e!<br />

You terrify me!... Unlucky girl!<br />

You yourself do not recognize your offense!<br />

AGNETE.<br />

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