The lady remains with the king all day; he plays with her, takes her to walk, gives her bonbons, and the choice morsels of chicken, and only when she has eaten sufficient, can the companion enter to eat the remainder." [Footnote: This was the daily order of rank with the favorite dogs, for whose service two dog-lackeys, as they were called, were always in waiting.

They took them to walk] "One could almost envy the king's greyhounds!" sighed the second footman.

"We get dogs' wages, and they the chicken and good treatment.
It is a pity!" "The worst of it is, the king forbids us to marry!" said Kretzschmar sadly.

"All the others would leave him, but I pay no attention to old Fritz's snarling and scolding, for he pays for it afterward; first, it rains abusive words, then dollars, and if the stupid ass hits me over the head, he gives me at least a ducat for it.

Why should not one endure scoldings when is well paid for it?
I remain the fine handsome fellow that I am, if the old bear does call me an ass! His majesty might well be satisfied if he had my fine figure and good carriage." "Yes, indeed, we are very different fellows from old Fritz!" said the second lackey, with a satisfied air.