SCENE 3
[Enter Bailiff's wife; she kisses Jeppe's band.]
JEPPE. Are you the bailiff's wife?
WIFE. Yes, your lordship, I am.
JEPPE [takes her by the breasts]. You are pretty. Would you like to sleep with me to-night?
WIFE. My lord has only to command, for I am his servant.
JEPPE [to the Bailiff]. Do you consent to my lying with your wife to-night?
BAILIFF. I thank his lordship for doing my humble house the honor.
JEPPE. Here! Bring her a chair; she shall eat with me. [She sits at the table, and eats and drinks with him. He becomes jealous of the Secretary.] You'll get into trouble, if you look at her like that. [Whenever he looks at the Secretary, the Secretary takes his eyes off the woman and gazes at the floor. Jeppe sings an old love-ballad as he sits at the table with her. He orders a polka to be played and dances with her, but he is so drunk that he falls down three times, and finally lies where he falls and goes to sleep.]