SCENE 3
(Enter Jesper and Niels the Corporal.)
JESPER. I can bear witness that I saw the lieutenant put money into his hand.
NIELS. I too.
MONTANUS. But why did I take the money? Distinguendum est inter—
LIEUTENANT. Oh, we won't listen to any talk. Niels, you stay here, while I fetch the uniform. [Exit the Lieutenant.]
MONTANUS. Oh, help!
NIELS. If you don't shut up, you dog, I'll stick a bayonet through your body. Hasn't he enlisted, Mr. Bailiff?
JESPER. Yes, of course he has.
(Enter the Lieutenant.)
LIEUTENANT. Come, now, pull off that black coat and put on this red one. (Montanus cries while they put on his uniform.) Oh, come, it looks bad for a soldier to cry. You are far better off than you were before.—Drill him well, now, Niels. He is a learned fellow, but he is raw yet in his exercises. (Niels the Corporal leads Montanus about, drilling him and beating him.) [Exeunt the Lieutenant and Jesper.]