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Second Woman.
Peer! Your son?
Åse.
Now you can say
You have seen how he behaves.
First Woman.
We'll bear witness.
Åse.
Only help me;
Straight to Hegstad will I hasten
Second Woman.
Is he there?
First Woman.
You'll be revenged, then;
Aslak Smith will be there too.
Åse.
[Wringing her hands.]
Oh, God help me with my boy;
They will kill him ere they're done!
First Woman.
Oh, that lot has oft been talked of;
Comfort you: what must be must be!
Second Woman.
She is utterly demented. [Calls up the hill.
Eivind, Anders! Hei! Come here!
A Man's Voice.
What's amiss?
Second Woman.
Peer Gynt has perched his
Mother on the mill-house roof!
