NILLE. Cloister-Latin? That must be the best Latin, just as cloister-linen is the best linen.
PEER. Ha, ha, ha, ha!
JEPPE. What are you laughing at, Peer?
PEER. At nothing at all, Jeppe Berg. Just another drop! Your health, mother! It's true, as you say: cloister-linen is good linen, but—
NILLE. If that linen isn't made in a cloister, why is it called cloister-linen?
PEER. Yes, that's right enough, ha, ha, ha! But won't you give me a bite to eat with my brandy?
NILLE. Here's a little bread and cheese already cut, if you will eat it. (Gets a plate from the house.)
PEER. Thank you, mother. Do you know what bread is in Latin?
NILLE. No, indeed, I don't.
PEER (eating and talking at the same time). It's called panis; genitive, pani; dative, pano; vocative, panus; ablative, pano.