Peer.

Then come!

[They go out behind the house. At the same moment a crowd of men come forward from the dancing green; most of them are drunk. Noise and hubbub. Solveig, Helga, and their Parents appear among a number of elderly people in the doorway.

The Kitchen-master.

[To the Smith, who is the foremost of the crowd.]

Keep peace now!

The Smith.

[Pulling off his jacket.]

No, we must fight it out here.[[40]]

Peer Gynt or I must be taught a lesson.[[41]]