Some of the Crowd.
The smith will dang him!
Others.
Bang him!
The Smith.
[Spits on his hands and nods to Åse.]
Hang him!
Åse.
What? Hang my Peer? Ay, just try if you dare;—
Åse and I,[1] we have teeth and claws!—
Where is he? [Calls across the yard.] Peer!
The Bridegroom.
[Comes running up.]
Oh, God's death on the cross!
Come father, come mother, and!
His Father.
What is the matter?
The Bridegroom.
Just fancy, Peer Gynt!
Åse.
[Screams.]
Have you taken his life?
The Bridegroom.
No, but Peer Gynt! Look, there on the hill-*side!
The Crowd.
With the bride
- ↑ A peasant idiom.
