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(As she goes.)<br />

Then go!<br />

I am go<strong>in</strong>g!<br />

AGNETE.<br />

Now give me strength, o heaven!<br />

KAREN (shout<strong>in</strong>g after her).<br />

Be brave! Be brave! I shall wait for you <strong>in</strong> the cottage.<br />

(AGNETE goes over the bridge. KAREN goes <strong>in</strong>to her house.)<br />

SCENE SEVEN.<br />

The KING enters from the left side, followed by HENRIK RUD and a HUNTER.<br />

KING.<br />

Mr. Henrik Rud! Now you know my will.<br />

RUD.<br />

Yes, sire! Your courtiers are follow<strong>in</strong>g you; they are<br />

Already on the way: they will be here <strong>in</strong> a little while.<br />

A hunt <strong>in</strong> moonlight is someth<strong>in</strong>g rare.<br />

Yet the spoils will scarcely be large;<br />

Perhaps here and there a badger <strong>in</strong> the thicket.<br />

KING.<br />

Be that as it may! I need a pretext here,<br />

And a hunt<strong>in</strong>g party can serve well for that,<br />

Even if there were no moon <strong>in</strong> the sky.<br />

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