cannot die, although his heart has been taken from him.

PEHR. Can he never be released from the spell?

WISE MAN. When his son shall have found a faithful woman and
brought her home a bride, then the spell will be broken. But that
can never be because his son is gone forever.

PEHR. What has become of him?

WISE MAN. He went out in the world.

PEHR. Then why can he never get any bride, poor boy!

WISE MAN. Because one who loves only himself can never love anyone
else.

PEHR. He means the old man, my father. [Wise Man sinks through
floor; but vanishes. It begins to dawn.]

PEHR. "He who loves only himself "--So said Lisa also--But I hate
myself, I loathe myself after the cowardly things I have done, and
I love Lisa! Yes, I love her, I love her! [Sun shines on waves and
lights up pine woods to right; clouds disperse. A boat is seen out
at sea, it comes nearer and nearer and Lisa is seen at the rudder.
She beckons to Pehr as the boat recedes.]

Sea-gulls in the air, tell her! Sunbeams, carry my words on your
pillars of fire, and bear them to her. But where must I seek thee--
where? [Boat is seen on horizon a moment.] It is she! Now, ring,