] Men never can find anything, men do not understand
how to search. [Tears the rope from Steindor.] I had better go
down myself.
INGOLF. You don't really intend to go down?
HADDA PADDA [ties one end around her waist]. I intend to do what I
can to find my lost treasure again. STEINDOR. You will not go far,
I think, before you ask us to pull you up.
HADDA PADDA. I have been lowered into this gorge before.
INGOLF [takes the loose end]. I forbid you to go down, Hrafnhild.
HADDA PADDA. You forbid me? ... I forbid you to touch this rope.
Or, shall we see who is stronger? [pulls the rope.]
INGOLF [coming nearer to her, he lets the rope slip] I know what
you are thinking, Hrafnhild. You want us to go down again, and you
know this is the only way you can get us to do it.
HADDA PADDA. Do you think I am afraid to go down? It would only
give me joy. And if you didn't find the pearls, when you looked
for them the second time, I would go down, anyhow. I would never
be at rest until I had searched myself. (Ingolf lets go of the
rope, takes Steindor aside--he nods. They both look at Hrafnhild
while she fastens the rope around her waist more securely.
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