MAIA.

[Looks at him.] That old pig-stye!


ULFHEIM.

[Laughing in his beard.] It has harboured more than one king's
daughter, I can tell you.


MAIA.

Was it there that that horrid man you told me about came to the king's
daughter in the form of a bear?


ULFHEIM.

Yes, my fair companion of the chase--this is the scene. [With a
gesture of invitation.] If you would deign to enter---


MAIA.

Isch! If ever I set foot in it--! Isch!


ULFHEIM.