JEPPE. What do I owe, Jacob?
JACOB. Twelvepence.
[Jeppe strokes his chin and goes out looking very shame-faced.
MAGNUS. Why is that fellow in such a hurry?
JACOB. It's the very man they played the joke on.
MGNUS. Is that possible? I must run after him. Listen, Jeppe! Just a word—How are things in the other world?
JEPPE. Let me be.
MAGNUS. Why didn't you stay longer?
JEPPE. What business is that of yours?
MAGNUS. Come, do tell us a little about the journey.