But oh, Mother Åse, I fear it’s a sin.[sin.]
Åse.
Maybe; but remember the priest holds out
Pardon for this and our other sinnings.
SCENE THIRD.
In front of a settlers newly-built hut in the forest. A reindeer’s horns over the door. The snow is lying deep around. It is dusk.
Peer Gynt is standing outside the door, fastening a large wooden bar to it.
Peer.
[Laughing between whiles.]
Bars I must fix me; bars that can fasten