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 * It is written: Thou shalt bridle the natural man;-
 * and I daresay the drink may in time seem less sour.
 * So be it!
 * [Complies.]

THE OLD MAN
 * Ay, that was sagaciously said.
 * You spit?

PEER
 * One must trust to the force of habit.

THE OLD MAN
 * And next you must throw off your Christian-man's garb;
 * for this you must know to our Dovre's renown:
 * here all things are mountain-made, nought's from the dale,
 * except the silk bow at the end of your tail.

PEER [indignant].
 * I haven't a tail!

THE OLD MAN
 * Then of course you must get one.
 * See my Sunday-tail, Chamberlain, fastened to him.

PEER
 * I'll be hanged if you do! Would you make me a fool!

THE OLD MAN
 * None comes courting my child with no tail at his rear.