MONTANUS. Shut up, rascal!
JACOB. I may be a rascal, but I earn with my hands the money for my parents that you spend.
MONTANUS. If you don't shut up, I'll maim you. (Throws the book at him.)
JACOB. Ow, ow, ow!
SCENE 3
(Enter Jeppe and Nille.)
JEPPE. What is all this noise?
JACOB. Oh, my brother Rasmus is beating me.
NILLE. What does this mean? He wouldn't hit you without good reason.
MONTANUS. No, mother, that is so. He comes here and bandies words with me as though he were my equal.