Finally, the sufferer expressed a desire for a priest, that she might not pass from earth without a sacrament.

Her sins oppressed her sorely.

She, and she alone, was to blame for Nickel's being hanged.

Never in all her life had she been a glutton; but before the birth of the twins the devil had tormented her with a strange longing for roast fowl, which she had been unable to repress and keep to herself.

Solely for her gratification, Nickel stole the goose and the hens.