The Boatswain.
We have more to attend to!
Peer.
It was nonsense, captain! 'Twas only my joke;—
As sure as I'm here I will help the cook
The Captain.
The jib's blown away!
The Mate.
And there went the foresail!
The Boatswain.
[Shrieks from forward.]
Breakers under the bow! The Captain. She will go to shivers!
[The ship strikes. Noise and confusion.
SCENE SECOND. Close under the land, among sunken rocks and surf. The ship sinks. The jolly-boat, with two men in her, is seen for a moment through the scud. A sea strikes her; she fills and upsets. A shriek is heard; then all is silent for a while. Shortly afterwards the boat appears floating bottom upwards.
Peer Gynt comes to the surface near the boat.
Peer.
Help! Help! A boat! Help! I'll be drowned!
Save me, oh Lord—as saith the text!
[Clutches hold of the boat's keel.
