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SCENE NINTH
[At a cross-road.] PEER GYNT
 * Now comes the pinch, Peer, as never before!
 * This Dovrish Enough has passed judgment upon you.
 * The vessel's a wreck; one must float with the spars.
 * All else; only not to the spoilt-goods heap!

THE BUTTON-MOULDER [at the cross-road].
 * Well now, Peer Gynt, have you found your voucher?

PEER
 * Have we reached the cross-road? Well, that's short work!

THE BUTTON-MOULDER
 * I can see on your face, as it were on a signboard,
 * the gist of the paper before I've read it.

PEER
 * I got tired of the hunt;-One might lose one's way-

THE BUTTON-MOULDER
 * Yes; and what does it lead to, after all?

PEER
 * True enough; in the wood, and by night as well-

THE BUTTON-MOULD