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towards them; his face lights up].
- Solveig! Oh, it is well you have come!
- [Takes hold of her wrist.]
- Now will I swing you round fast and fine!
SOLVEIG
- Loose me!
PEER
- Wherefore?
SOLVEIG
- You are so wild.
PEER
- The reindeer is wild, too, when summer is dawning.
- Come then, lass; do not be wayward now!
SOLVEIG [withdrawing her arm].
- Dare not.
PEER
- Wherefore?
SOLVEIG
- No, you've been drinking.
- [Moves off with HELGA.]
PEER
- Oh, if I had but my knife-blade driven
- clean through the heart of them,-one and all!
THE BRIDEGROOM [nudging him with his elbow].
- Peer, can't you help me to get at the bride?
PEER [absently
