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 PEER
 * But suppose a man never has come to know
 * what Master meant with him?

THE BUTTON-MOULDER
 * He must divine it.

PEER
 * But how oft are divinings beside the mark,-
 * then one's carried ad undas in middle career.

THE BUTTON-MOULDER
 * That is certain, Peer Gynt; in default of divining
 * the cloven-hoofed gentleman finds his best hook.

PEER
 * This matter's excessively complicated.-
 * See here! I no longer plead being myself;-
 * it might not be easy to get it proven.
 * That part of my case I must look on as lost.
 * But just now, as I wandered alone o'er the heath,
 * I felt my conscience-shoe pinching me;
 * I said to myself: After all, you're a sinner-

THE BUTTON-MOULDER
 * You seem bent on beginning all over again-

PEER
 * No, very far from it; a great one I mean;
 * not only in deeds, but in words and desires.
 * I've lived a most damnable life abroad-

THE BUTTON-MOULDER
 * Perhaps; I must ask you to show me the schedule!