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Peer.

And the worms are squabbling for rags and clouts.

The Man in Mourning.

That's the end of the ditty; it's over and done.

Peer.

All the ditties end just alike;
And they're all old together; I knew 'em as a boy.

A Lad of Twenty.

[With a casting-ladle.]

Just look what a rare thing I've been buying!
In this Peer Gynt cast his silver buttons.

Another.

Look at mine, though! The money-bag[1] bought for a halfpenny.

A Third.

No more, eh? Twopence for the pedlar's pack

Peer.

Peer Gynt? Who was he?

The Man in Mourning.

                       All I know is this:
He was kinsman to Death and to Aslak the Smith.

A Man in Grey.

You're forgetting me, man! Are you mad or drunk?

The Man in Mourning.

You forget that at Hegstad was a storehouse door

  1. Literally "the bushel." See note, p. 11.