"It vexed and fretted us much that we should have lingered on the way; and we vented our anger on the muddy and wretched roads that had delayed us.
"But we added,—
"'It rejoices us, however, to sit in the house and at the table where he sat.'
"Thereat the host laughed, and went out at the door.
"After a little while, he called me to come to him at the door of the chamber. I was alarmed, fearing I had done something unsuitable, or that I had unwittingly given some offence. But the host said to me,—
"Since I perceive that you so much wish to see and hear Luther,—that is he who is sitting with you.'
"I thought he was jesting, and said,—
"'Ah, Sir Host, you would befool me and my wishes with a false image of Luther!'
"He answered,—
"'It is certainly he. But do not seem as if you knew this.'