Peer Gynt in his tree with a broken branch in his hand, trying to beat off a swarm of monkeys.
Peer.
Confound it! A most disagreeable night.
[Laying about him.
Are you there again? This is most accursëd!
Now they’re throwing fruit. No, it’s something else.
A loathsome beast is your Barbary ape!
The Scripture says: Thou shalt watch and fight.
But I’m blest if I can; I am heavy and tired,
[Is again attacked; impatiently: