LIEUTENANT. Mr. Bailiff, from all I hear, he will make a perfect soldier.
JESPER. How can you make a soldier of him, Lieutenant? He is a student.
LIEUTENANT. That has nothing to do with it. If he can turn people into sheep, oxen, and cocks, I'll have a try at turning a student into a soldier, for once.
JESPER. I should be happy if you could. I should laugh my belly in two.
LIEUTENANT. Just keep quiet about it, Jesper! When a bailiff and a lieutenant put their heads together, such things are not impossible. But I see some one coming this war. Is that he, by any chance?
JESPER. Yes, it is. I shall run off, so that he won't suspect me.
[Exit.]
SCENE 2
(Enter Montanus.)
LIEUTENANT. Welcome to the village.
MONTANUS. I humbly thank you.