Forgive us for Christ's sake, eh? said the peasants, smiling joyfully at him.

That is to say the peasants, the rural people.

Look you," said the peasant, "at least your Reverence will take an egg.

A most excellent man-a saint, said the peasant's wife.

That is the reason, say the peasants of Denmark and Norway, why the sea is salt.

'I am called Hans, the son of Long Hans,' said the peasant.

After due thanks, 'It is time,' said the peasant, 'to rebuild the hovel and watch the grapes.'

'That is a mighty good thing to know,' said the peasant.

'Ay,' said the peasant, 'now I can see how clever our clerk is.

'That doesn't matter,' said the peasant, 'for I am his father.

'Ain't 'eard nowt,' said the peasant; 'the lane be narrow like.

Says the Peasant: On such and such a day, I missed two of my fowls early in the morning.

"I might be able to help you," says the peasant after hesitating.

"Mademoiselle," said the peasant-woman, hastily, "hush, I hear steps in the passage."

'This I am also glad to hear,' said the peasant.

'Such things cannot be easy to answer,' said the peasant.