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 He has set at defiance his life's design; Clap him into the ladle with other spoilt goods.

What nonsense! They must mean some other person. Is it really Peer? It's not Rasmus, or Jon?

It is many a day since I melted them. So come quietly now, and don't waste my time.

I'll be damned if I do! Ay, 'twould be a fine thing If it turned out to-morrow some one else was meant. You'd better take care what you're at, my good man! Think of the onus you're taking upon you

I have it in writing

At least give me time!

What good would that do you?

I'll use it to prove That I've been myself all the days of my life; And that's the question that's in dispute.

You'll prove it? And how?