cultural resources in henrik ibsen's early environment - Ibsen.net

How quiet everything is! Already Ebbesen has gone
To Høistrup with Paul Flemming; the peasants
Are also gone, the time is convenient.
RUD.
Now certainly the elf-girl is losing herself in the thicket.
KING.
She is just the one I am looking for. Isn't it so, Henrik?
Haven't you noticed it: this morning Flemming
Was happy, but this evening completely dejected,
And Ebbesen, who was dejected this morning
Was happy this evening?
RUD.
That cannot be denied.
KING.
As they say, there is something hidden in it. The girl
By Elves’ Hill is certainly part of the game.
They want to deceive me; I do not trust them.
But I shall follow the track.
RUD.
Your grace
Is wont to see with your own eyes, hear
With your own ears.
KING.
I shall still do that.
They believe I do not dare cross the bridge?
Who knows? Perhaps they depend upon that themselves?
Well then, I shall show them.
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