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 him].
 * Can you deny
 * that you were the foremost brawler
 * in the mighty battle royal
 * fought the other day at Lunde,
 * when you raged like mongrels mad?
 * Who was it but you that broke
 * Blacksmith Aslak's arm for him,-
 * or at any rate that wrenched one
 * of his fingers out of joint?

PEER
 * Who has filled you with such prate?

ASE [hotly].
 * Cottar Kari heard the yells!

PEER [rubbing his elbow].
 * Maybe, but 'twas I that howled.

ASE
 * You?

PEER
 * Yes, mother,-I got beaten.

ASE
 * What d'you say?

PEER
 * He's limber, he is.

ASE
 * Who?