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PEER
- Well, good-bye then, mother dear!
- Patience; I'll be back ere long.
[Is going, but turns, holds up his finger warningly, and says:]
- Careful now, don't kick and sprawl!
- [Goes.]
ASE
- Peer!-God help me, now he's off;
- Reindeer-rider! Liar! Hei!
- Will you listen!-No, he's striding
- o'er the meadow-! [Shrieks.] Help! I'm dizzy!
[TWO OLD WOMEN, with sacks on their backs, come down the path to the mill.] FIRST WOMAN
- Christ, who's screaming?
ASE
- It is I!
SECOND WOMAN
- Ase! Well, you are exalted!
ASE
- This won't be the end of it;-
- soon, God help me, I'll be heaven-high!
FIRST WOMAN
- Bless your passing!
ASE
- Fetch a ladder;
- I must be down! That devil Peer-
SECOND WOMA
