The next day the attorney came riding by the place where the Master-maid dwelt . He saw how brightly the hut shone and gleamed through the wood , and he too went into it to see who lived there , and when he entered and saw the beautiful young maiden he fell even more in love with her than the sheriff had done , and began to woo her at once . So the Master-maid asked him , as she had asked the sheriff , if he had a great deal of money , and the attorney said he was not ill off for that , and would at once go home to get it ; and at night he came with a great big sack of money -- this time it was a four-bushel sack -- and set it on the bench by the Master-maid . So she promised to have him , and he sat down on the bench by her to arrange about it , but suddenly she said that she had forgotten to lock the door of the porch that night , and must do it . `` Why should you do that ? '' said the attorney ; `` sit still , I will do it . '' So he was on his feet in a moment , and out in the porch . `` Tell me when you have got hold of the door-latch , '' said the Master-maid . `` I have hold of it now , '' cried the attorney . `` Then you may hold the door , and the door you , and may you go between wall and wall till day dawns . '' What a dance the attorney had that night ! He had never had such a waltz before , and he never wished to have such a dance again . Sometimes he was in front of the door , and sometimes the door was in front of him , and it went from one side of the porch to the other , till the attorney was well-nigh beaten to death . At first he began to abuse the Master-maid , and then to beg and pray , but the door did not care for anything but keeping him where he was till break of day . As soon as the door let go its hold of him , off went the attorney . He forgot who ought to be paid off for what he had suffered , he forgot both his sack of money and his wooing , for he was so afraid lest the house-door should come dancing after him . Everyone who met him stared and looked after him , for he was flying like a madman , and he could not have looked worse if a herd of rams had been butting at him all night long . On the third day the bailiff came by , and he too saw the gold house in the little wood , and he too felt that he must go and see who lived there ; and when he caught sight of the Master-maid he became so much in love with her that he wooed her almost before he greeted her . The Master-maid answered him as she had answered the other two , that if he had a great deal of money , she would have him . `` So far as that is concerned , I am not ill off , '' said the bailiff ; so he was at once told to go home and fetch it , and this he did .
At XXXXX he came back , and he had a still larger sack of money with him than the attorney had brought ; it must have been at least six bushels , and he set it down on the bench .
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