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PEER
- The same old song!
- One sees you were a cook in life-
- [The COOK slips from his grasp.]
THE COOK [sinking].
- Give us this day our-
- [Disappears.]
PEER
- Amen, lad!
- to the last gasp you were yourself.-
[Draws himself up on to the bottom of the boat.]
- So long as there is life there's hope-
THE STRANGE PASSENGER [catches hold of the boat].
- Good morning!
PEER
- Hoy!
THE PASSENGER
- I heard you shout.-
- It's pleasant finding you again.
- Well? So my prophecy came true!
PEER
- Let go! Let go! 'Twill scarce float one!
THE PASSENGER
- I'm striking out with my left leg.
- I'll float, if only with their tips
- my fingers rest upon this ledge.
- But apropos: your body-
PEER
- Hush!
THE PASSENG
