“Ah! my little heart! Thy riches are indeed worth much money.”
They performed and fell asleep.
But the girl awoke during the night, and kissed the backside of the young man, which she took for his face. He let her do this to satiety, and the girl said to him:
“Knowest thou, Vania, that thou smellest most scurvily!”
THE BREAKER OF EGGS.[120]
Once on a time there lived alone in a lodging near St. Ives a young man. ‘Twas at the time when the debate was running high ‘twixt the monks and the ministers whether ‘twere better to say: “Blessed are they that have dined well,” or, “Blessed are they that laugh.” The young man took but scant interest in these theological discussions, and devoted his attention to the maid, who was a fine enough young thing, though somewhat green. He would talk with her coolly and discreetly, and one day said:
“Thou art from the country, little friend?”
“Truly, sir.”