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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 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.
THE MAN IN GR