SCENE SECOND.
Close under the land, among sunken rocks and surf. The ship sinks. The jolly-boat, with two men in her, is seen for a moment through the scud. A sea strikes her; she fills and upsets. A shriek is heard; then all is silent for a while. Shortly afterwards the boat appears floating bottom upwards.
Peer Gynt comes to the surface near the boat.
Peer.
Help! Help! A boat! Help! I’ll be drowned!
Save me, oh Lord—as saith the text!
[Clutches hold of the boat’s keel.
The Cook.
[Comes up on the other side.]
Oh, Lord God—for my children’s sake,