There is a fat cook, who never leaves the castle, because she can't walk.

Then, there are two more servants, Schmidt and his wife; but they live in a cottage near the castle.

Every morning at five o'clock they go to the castle gate, where they receive from some one, through the wicket, orders for the day.

At nine o'clock they return to the gate, where a basket has been placed for the things they have bought.

But they never speak of the lady, because they have never seen her face, either." "What sort of a man is the groom ?" "The people about here call him the man with the iron mouth.