[21]. Pronounce Pair Günt—the G hard, the y like the German modified ü.
PEER GYNT.
ACT FIRST.
SCENE FIRST.
A wooded hillside near Åse’s farm. A river rushes down the slope. On the farther side of it an old mill-shed. It is a hot day in summer.
Peer Gynt, a strongly-built youth of twenty, comes down the pathway. His mother, Åse, a small, slightly-built woman, follows him, scolding angrily.
Åse.