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- It's the Boyg that's unwounded, and the Boyg that was hurt,
- it's the Boyg that is dead, and the Boyg that's alive.
PEER [throws away the branch].
- The weapon is troll-smeared; but I have my fists!
- [Fights his way forward.]
THE VOICE
- Ay, trust to your fists, lad, trust to your body.
- Hee-hee, Peer Gynt, so you'll reach the summit.
PEER [falling back again].
- Forward or back, and it's just as far;-
- out or in, and it's just as strait!
- He is there! And there! And he's round the bend!
- No sooner I'm out than I'm back in the ring.-
- Name who you are! Let me see you! What are you?
THE VOICE
- The Boyg.
PEER [groping around].
- Not dead, not living; all slimy; misty.
- Not so much as a shape! It's as bad as to battle
- in a cluster of snarling, half-wakened bears!
- [Screams.]
- Strike back at me, can't you!
THE VOICE
