human
Stop, you rascal! Leave some for the pigs.
gpt
Take hold of the other end.
human
I won't. Peter will be here soon and he carries it out alone.
gpt
Peter will not be here.
human
I hear his cart creaking now.
gpt
All the same, he won't carry that tub out again. I heard what they said when I was in the bake-house.
human
What did they say?
gpt
The mistress of the castle sends for an instructor for her son, and they say that he a small devil.
human
That's true, he's equal to twelve.
gpt
He whistles in church.
human
He puts sulphur in the incense when he assists at mass!
gpt
He curses and reviles the saints and the souls of the departed.
human
He torments animals.
gpt
You're right he does! He put a lighted sponge in my donkey's ear, and the poor beast smashed my cart.
human
They said that he is as wild as his mother; and the Abbot said of her that she was the ruin of every man. Is that so?
gpt
Yes, she is a witch, who bridles men and rides them off to the devils' dance.
human
They did say that she was a witch, and and that she broke all the ten commandments, and put the sacraments under her feet; and listen,--they said that she mixed poison in her husband's drink, and he died of it!
gpt
That's like her! Once they sent me to her with a letter, and she ordered a cup of mead that had something in it that made me feel all night long as if I must crawl up the wall.
human
But the Prior said that she was our gracious patroness, and that her son would one day be our patron, and that we must drink the bitter cup.
gpt
I can see how they all trembled!
human
One said that he had fever in his bones, another had trouble with his liver, a third said he was busy healing the sick, a fourth that he did not know either Hungarian or Slavic, and the fifth was bound by a holy vow not to speak to a woman.
gpt
And so in the end they send Peter.
human
The Devil's in you! You've guessed it!
gpt
It may turn out well for him.
human
One thought he was still too young, and the Prior said, but he is of strong character; another that he would be exposed to great temptations; several objected that Peter was still a brother. Then the Prior said, we'll make him a father. Then all objected, and the Prior said, Then one of you must go. Then they all gave in and said, well, make Peter a father, and let Father Peter be the one to go.
gpt
Peter will be in the right place there!