(Enter three armed men.)
FIRST MAN. Does a man named Jeppe live here?
NILLE. Yes, he does.
FIRST MAN. Are you his wife?
NILLE. Yes, God help me, so much the worse for me.
FIRST MAN. We must go in and talk with him.
NILLE. He's dead drunk.
FIRST MAN. That makes no difference; fetch him out or the whole household will suffer.
[Nille goes in, and pushes Jeppe out so hard that he knocks over one of the men and rolls on the ground with him.]