She’d fill ere she floated. [_Goes forward._ PEER. Who can think of that now? [_To some of the crew._ If you’re men, to the rescue! What the devil, if you should get a bit of a ducking. THE BOATSWAIN. It’s out of the question in such a sea. PEER. They are screaming again! There’s a lull in the wind.— Cook, will you risk it? Quick! I will pay—— THE COOK. No, not if you offered me twenty pounds-sterling[111]—— PEER. You hounds! You chicken-hearts! Can you forget These are men that have goodwives and children at home? There they’re sitting and waiting—— THE BOATSWAIN. Well, patience is wholesome. THE CAPTAIN. Bear away from that sea! THE MATE. There the wreck capsized! PEER. All is silent of a sudden——! THE BOATSWAIN. Were they married, as you think, There are three new-baked widows even now in the world. [_The storm increases. PEER GYNT moves away aft._ PEER.