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PEER
- But suppose a man never has come to know
- what Master meant with him?
THE BUTTON-MOULDER
- He must divine it.
PEER
- But how oft are divinings beside the mark,-
- then one's carried ad undas in middle career.
THE BUTTON-MOULDER
- That is certain, Peer Gynt; in default of divining
- the cloven-hoofed gentleman finds his best hook.
PEER
- This matter's excessively complicated.-
- See here! I no longer plead being myself;-
- it might not be easy to get it proven.
- That part of my case I must look on as lost.
- But just now, as I wandered alone o'er the heath,
- I felt my conscience-shoe pinching me;
- I said to myself: After all, you're a sinner-
THE BUTTON-MOULDER
- You seem bent on beginning all over again-
PEER
- No, very far from it; a great one I mean;
- not only in deeds, but in words and desires.
- I've lived a most damnable life abroad-
THE BUTTON-MOULDER
- Perhaps; I must ask you to show me the schedule!
