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 PEER
 * I need my life far more than you,
 * for I am lone and childless still.

THE COOK
 * Let go! You've lived, and I am young!

PEER
 * Quick; haste you; sink;-you drag us down.

THE COOK
 * Have mercy! Yield in heaven's name!
 * There's none to miss and mourn for you-
 * [His hand slips; he screams:]
 * I'm drowning!

PEER [seizing him].
 * By this wisp of hair
 * I'll hold you; say your Lord's Prayer, quick!

THE COOK
 * I can't remember; all turns black-

PEER
 * Come, the essentials in a word-!

THE COOK
 * Give us this day-!

PEER
 * Skip that part, Cook;
 * you'll get all you need, safe enough.

THE COOK
 * Give us this day-