SOLNESS.

I will say to him: Hear me, Mighty Lord--thou may'st judge me as
seems best to thee. But hereafter I will build nothing but the
loveliest thing in the world---


HILDA.

[Carried away.] Yes--yes--yes!


SOLNESS.

---build it together with a princess, whom I love---


HILDA.

Yes, tell him that! Tell him that!


SOLNESS.

Yes. And then I will say to him: Now I shall go down and throw my
arms round her and kiss her---


HILDA.