SCENE 2
(Enter the Judge's servants, who take Jeppe down from the gallows.)
JEPPE. Oh, kind judge, am I surely all alive again, or am I spooking?
JUDGE. You are quite alive, for the law that can take away a man's life can also give it back again. Can you not comprehend that?
JEPPE. No, indeed, I can't get it through my head, but I keep on thinking I'm a ghost, and am spooking.
JUDGE. Foolish fellow! It's perfectly easy to understand. He who takes a thing away from you can give it back again.
JEPPE. Then may I try it and hang the judge just for fun to see if I can sentence him back to life again?
JUDGE. No, that won't work, because you're not a judge.
JEPPE. But am I really alive again?
JUDGE. Yes, you are.