There was once upon a time a miller who lived with his wife in great contentment.
" "A miller?
He knocked at the window, the miller put out his head, and asked what he wanted.
So a long time passed by during which the maiden served the miller honorably and faithfully.
In a certain mill lived an old miller who had neither wife nor child, and three apprentices served under him.
The miller told him that he could grind there very well by day, but not by night, for the mill was haunted, and that up to the present time whosoever had gone into it at night had been found in the morning lying dead inside.
Once there was a miller who was poor, but who had a beautiful daughter.
There was once upon a time a miller, who had a beautiful daughter, and as she was grown up, he wished that she was provided for, and well married.
The second son had gone to a miller and had apprenticed himself to him.
A certain miller had little by little fallen into poverty, and had nothing left but his mill and a large apple-tree behind it.
He took him to the miller and his wife, and as they had no children they were glad, and said, "God has given him to us.
And when the baker had rubbed his feet over, he ran to the miller and said, strew some white meal over my feet for me.
After dinner, the miller placed himself in the arm-chair, smoked his pipe, and had a little nap.
Both of them were overflowing with happiness, and the miller was in the best of tempers, laughing and merry; he was a good, honest soul, and a kind father.
The miller was very anxious that this arrangement should be agreed to.
All this was not right in Babette, but she was only nineteen years of age, and she did not reflect on what she did, neither did she think that her conduct would appear to the young Englishman as light, and not even becoming the modest and much-loved daughter of the miller.
They had only lately arrived, yet the miller had paid them a visit, and informed them of Babette's engagement to Rudy.
They were Rudy and Babette, and the miller was with them.
" cried the miller.
" So Rudy set out to go to Bex; and when he arrived there, he found the miller and his daughter at home.
