You go into the village and ask any of the women there, they will tell you the same thing.

I will swear on the cross that it is so.' "He seemed very angry, but turned away from her.

Presently the mistress came down, under a guard of two soldiers and, as she passed, she said: "'Goodbye, Marthe.

Tell your master that I am thankful, indeed, that he was not here.' "Then the officers told the men to set fire to the house, in a dozen places.

They had all got bundles, having taken everything they thought of value.