"Meantime the host came secretly to us and said,—
"'Martin has paid for your supper.'
"This pleased us much, not on account of the gold or the meal, but because that man had made us his guests.
"After supper, the merchants rose and went into the stable to look after their horses. Meanwhile Martin remained in the room with us, and we thanked him for his kindness and generosity, and ventured to say we took him to be Huldrich ab Hutten. But he said,—
"'I am not he.'
"Thereon the host came, and Martin said,—
"'I have to-night become a nobleman, for these Switzers take me for Huldrich ab Hutten.'
"And then he laughed at the jest, and said,—
"'They take me for Hutten, and you take me for Luther. Soon I shall become Markolfus the clown.'
"And after this he took a tall beer-glass, and said, according to the custom of the country,—