KRISTRUN. Yes, SHE is proud by nature, she is everything fine.--
And I--I am nothing. [Tears in her eyes.]
INGOLF. You are the loveliest woman in the world. [Embraces her.]
HADDA PADDA [appears between the bushes, seeing them she stops an
instant, then goes toward them]. I didn't know you were here.
INGOLF [gets up]. We have just come from the falls.
HADDA PADDA. And I was just gathering berries. Aren't my lips
blue? ... Why are you so silent, Runa, dear?
KRISTRUN [does not answer].
HADDA PADDA [in a changed voice]. I am going away to-morrow.
INGOLF. Going away to-morrow?
KRISTRUN. Going away--?
HADDA PADDA. I leave to-morrow. I'm going with Helga.--Let us part
friends.--I have only one thing to say to you before I go.
INGOLF. What is that?
HADDA PADDA. You may feel safe now. I won't be the shadow in your
sunny path. ... I don't love you any longer, Ingolf. [Ingolf and
Kristrun look at her amazed.]
HADDA PADDA. Nor do I bear you a grudge ... that is why I can tell
you this.
INGOLF. I always knew you were high-minded, Hrafnhild, but--
HADDA PADDA. And Runa, dear, won't we be the same friendly sisters
we have always been? [Strokes her hair.
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