"A swine for the Jew, that will suit. You'll keep him here in the trap."
"I can't, Jorg; by my soul, I can't! Let me alone!"
"Very well, for aught I care; but the legal gentlemen. The gallows has waited for you long enough!"
"I can't; I can't. I've been an honest man all my life, and the smith
Adam and his dead father have shown me many a kindness."
"Who means the smith any harm?"
"The receiver is as bad as the thief. If they catch him. . . ."
"He'll be put in the stocks for a week. That's the worst that can befall him."
"No, no. Let me alone,—or I'll tell Adam what you're plotting. . . ."
"Then I'll denounce you first, you gallows' fruit, you rogue, you poacher. They've suspected you a long time! Will you change your mind now, you blockhead?"
"Yes, yes; but Ulrich is here too, and the boy is as dear to me as my own child."