PEER GYNT (Illustrated Edition). Henrik Ibsen

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      Oh no,

       that you’re certainly not; for I’ve heard the most on’t

       from my grandfather —

      Peer

      Liar! It happened to me!

      The Man

      Yes, like everything else.

      Peer [with a fling]

      I can ride, I can,

       clean through the air, on the bravest of steeds!

       Oh, many’s the thing I can do, I tell you!

      [Another roar of laughter.]

      One Of The Group

      Peer, ride through the air a bit!

      Many

      Do, dear Peer Gynt —!

      Peer

      You may spare you the trouble of begging so hard.

       I will ride like a hurricane over you all!

       Every man in the parish shall fall at my feet!

      An Elderly Man

      Now he is clean off his head.

      Another

      The dolt!

      A Third

      Braggart!

      A Fourth

      Liar!

      Peer [threatening them]

      Ay, wait till you see!

      A Man [half drunk]

      Ay, wait; you’ll soon get your jacket dusted!

      Others

      Your back beaten tender! Your eyes painted blue!

      [The crowd disperses, the elder men angry, the younger laughing and jeering.]

      The Bridegroom [close to PEER GYNT]

      Peer, is it true you can ride through the air?

      Peer [shortly]

      It’s all true, Mads! You must know I’m a rare one!

      The Bridegroom

      Then have you got the Invisible Cloak too?

      Peer

      The Invisible Hat, do you mean? Yes, I have.

      [Turns away from him. SOLVEIG crosses the yard, leading little HELGA.]

      Peer [goes towards them; his face lights up]

      Solveig! Oh, it is well you have come!

      [Takes hold of her wrist.]

      Now will I swing you round fast and fine!

      Solveig

      Loose me!

      Peer

      Wherefore?

      Solveig

      You are so wild.

      Peer

      The reindeer is wild, too, when summer is dawning.

       Come then, lass; do not be wayward now!

      Solveig [withdrawing her arm]

      Dare not.

      Peer

      Wherefore?

      Solveig

      No, you’ve been drinking.

      [Moves off with HELGA.]

      Peer

      Oh, if I had but my knife-blade driven

       clean through the heart of them,— one and all!

      The Bridegroom [nudging him with his elbow]

      Peer, can’t you help me to get at the bride?

      Peer [absently]

      The bride? Where is she?

      The Bridegroom

      In the store-house.

      Peer

      Ah.

      The Bridegroom

      Oh, dear Peer Gynt, you must try at least!

      Peer

      No, you must get on without my help.

      [A thought strikes him; he says softly but sharply:]

      Ingrid! The store-house!

      [Goes Up to SOLVEIG.]

      Peer and Solveig at the Wedding

      Have you thought better on’t?

      [SOLVEIG tries to go; he blocks her path.]

      You’re ashamed to, because I’ve the look of a tramp.

      Solveig [hastily]

      No, that you haven’t; that’s not true at all!

      Peer

      Yes! And I’ve taken a drop as well;

       but that was to spite you, because you had hurt me.

       Come then!

      Solveig

      Even if I would now, I daren’t.

      Peer

      Who are you frightened of?

      Solveig

      Father, most.

      Peer

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