people shudder at his words--now they rise up--they mutter. "You
want no freedom--woe unto you! For that is the sin against the
Holy Ghost!"

[Enter Sexton.]

Sexton. I don't think it's well for you to stay here any longer,
my good ladies. The people are getting restless. This will never
end well for Master Olof.

Mother. Jesu Maria! What are you saying?

Christine. Fear not! The spirit of the Lord is with him!

Sexton. Well, I don't know about that, but he's a wonder at
preaching. Old sinner that I am, I couldn't keep from crying
where I was sitting in the organ-loft. I don't understand how it
can be possible for a heretic and an Antichrist to talk like
that. That man Luther, I must say, I--(Cries are heard from the
church.) There, there! Now something dreadful is going to happen
again! And to think that the King should be gone just now!

Mother. Let us get away from here. If the Lord is with
him, they can do him no harm. If it he the Devil--then Thy will
be done, O Lord--but forgive him!

(Cries are heard outside. Exeunt the Mother, Christine, and the
Sexton. For a few moments the stage stands empty and Olof's
voice is heard more clearly than before. It is interrupted by
cries and the rattling of stones thrown at the pulpit. Christine