[The Elf stands in one window, the Fairy in the other.]
ELF. It was not the old man that ate up the porridge, it was the rats.
FAIRY. Then it was not to do Pehr a kindness that you sent him out in the world, but to harm the old man!
ELF. Even we immortals can make mistakes. Let, us make amends for our fault.
FAIRY. If it is not too late?
ELF. How so?
FAIRY. Pehr is a misanthrope and cannot become reconciled to life.
ELF. Lisa will rectify all that, and then the old man will have atoned for his sin. One must patch where one has torn.
FAIRY. I have already made my preparations.
ELF. Here?