[41]. Literally, “Must be bent to the hillside,” made to bite the dust—but not in the sense of being killed.
[42]. A peasant idiom.
ACT SECOND
SCENE FIRST.
A narrow path, high up in the mountains. Early morning.
Peer Gynt comes hastily and sullenly along the path. Ingrid, still wearing some of her bridal ornaments, is trying to hold him back.
Peer.
Get you from me!
Ingrid.