Thordis and vengeance!

[Egil drinks from the silver bowl.]

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Scene II: The interior of Egil’s lodge in the forest; toward twilight.

Scene II

The room is roughly built of logs, long cross-beams

overhead. From these (in the right corner, back) hang

suspended the bodies and skins of antelope, bear, and

wild game; and beneath these—piled upon a bench against

the wall—a heap of furs and hides. Centre, back, a

door. Left, in the earthen floor, a hearth with ashes;

above it, a hole in the roof. Beyond this hearth, left,

sitting at the open window, Frida, alone. She

Frida

looks out dreamily toward the forest, from which horns

echo and answer. Suddenly she starts up, gazes intently,

gives a low cry, and, dodging down as she passes the

window, springs across to the heap of hides, among which

she conceals herself. After a pause, the door opens;

Egil enters, panting—evidently pursued. His

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