What? Hang my Peer? Ay, just try if you dare;—

Åse and I,[[42]] we have teeth and claws!—

Where is he? [Calls across the yard.] Peer!

The Bridegroom.

[Comes running up.]

Oh, God’s death on the cross!

Come father, come mother, and——!

His Father.

What is the matter?

The Bridegroom.