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- The smith will dang him!
OTHERS
- Bang him!
THE SMITH [spits on his hands and nods to ASE].
- Hang him!
ASE
- What? Hang my Peer? Ay, just try if you dare;-
- Ase and I, we have teeth and claws!-
- Where is he? [Calls across the yard:] Peer!
THE BRIDEGROOM [comes running up].
- Oh, God's death on the cross!
- Come father, come mother, and-!
HIS FATHER
- What is the matter?
THE BRIDEGROOM
- Just fancy, Peer Gynt-!
ASE [screams].
- Have they taken his life?
THE BRIDEGROOM
- No, but Peer Gynt-! Look, there on the hillside-!
THE CROWD
- With the bride!
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