Ay, ay!—You can rest yourself, Granë; For e’en now the journey’s done. [_Closes her eyes, and bends over her._ For all of your days I thank you, For beatings and lullabys! But see, you must thank me back, now— [_Presses his cheek against her mouth._ There; that was the driver’s fare.[64] THE COTTAR’S WIFE. [_Entering._] What? Peer! Ah, then we are over The worse of the sorrow and need! Dear Lord, but she’s sleeping soundly— Or can she be——? PEER. Hush; she is dead. [_KARI weeps besides the body; PEER GYNT walks up and down the room for some time; at last he stops beside the bed._ PEER. See mother buried with honour. I must try to fare forth from here. KARI. Are you faring afar? PEER. To seaward. KARI. So far! PEER. Ay, and further still. [_He goes._ ----- Footnotes: ----- Footnote 58: “Tyri,” resinous pine-wood which burns with a bright blaze. Footnote 59: “Umistelig”—unlosable, indispensable, irreplaceable. Footnote 60: “Lensmand,” the lowest functionary in the Norwegian official scale—a sort of parish officer. Footnote 61: See note, p. 92. Footnote 62: Granë (Grani) was the name of Sigurd Fafnirsbane’s horse, descended from Odin’s Sleipnir. Sigurd’s Granë was grey; Peer Gynt calls his “Svarten,” Black-boy, or Blackey.—See the “Volsunga Saga,” translated by Morris and Magnussen. Camelot edition, p. 43. Footnote 63: “Salig provstinde,” literally “the late Mrs. Provost.” Footnote 64: _Tak for skyds_, literally “thanks for the drive.” ----- ACT FOURTH SCENE FIRST. _On the south-west coast of Morocco. A palm-grove. Under an awning, on ground covered with matting, a table spread for dinner. Further back in the grove hammocks are slung. In the offing lies a steam-yacht, flying the Norwegian and American colours. A jolly-boat drawn up on the beach. It is towards sunset._ _PEER GYNT, a handsome middle-aged gentleman, in an elegant travelling-dress, with a gold-rimmed double eyeglass hanging at his waistcoat, is doing the honours at the head of the table. MR. COTTON,_[65] _MONSIEUR BALLON, HERR VON EBERKOPF, and HERR TRUMPETERSTRÅLE,_[66] _are seated at the table finishing dinner._ PEER GYNT.