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 towards them; his face lights up].
 * Solveig! Oh, it is well you have come!
 * [Takes hold of her wrist.]
 * Now will I swing you round fast and fine!

SOLVEIG
 * Loose me!

PEER
 * Wherefore?

SOLVEIG
 * You are so wild.

PEER
 * The reindeer is wild, too, when summer is dawning.
 * Come then, lass; do not be wayward now!

SOLVEIG [withdrawing her arm].
 * Dare not.

PEER
 * Wherefore?

SOLVEIG
 * No, you've been drinking.
 * [Moves off with HELGA.]

PEER
 * Oh, if I had but my knife-blade driven
 * clean through the heart of them,-one and all!

THE BRIDEGROOM [nudging him with his elbow].
 * Peer, can't you help me to get at the bride?

PEER [absently