said one of them , shivering again . ` Hutetu ! ' said the old woman , gnashing her teeth together till they chattered inside her mouth ; and then she got out the flask which contained nothing but brandy , and her hands trembled so that she shook the bottle about , and when she drank it made a great gulp in her throat . ` What is that you have in your flask , old woman ? ' asked one of the stable boys . ` Oh , it 's only a little drop of brandy , your honour , ' she said . ` Brandy ! What ! Let me have a drop ! Let me have a drop ! ' screamed all the twelve at once . ` Oh , but what I have is so little , ' whimpered the old woman . ` It will not even wet your mouths . ' But they were determined to have it , and there was nothing to be done but give it ; so she took out the flask with the sleeping drink and put it to the lips of the first of them ; and now she shook no more , but guided the flask so that each of them got just as much as he ought , and the twelfth had not done drinking before the first was already sitting snoring . Then the Master Thief flung off his beggar 's rags , and took one stable boy after the other and gently set him astride on the partitions which divided the stalls , and then he called his eleven men who were waiting outside , and they rode off with the Governor 's horses . In the morning when the Governor came to look after his stable boys they were just beginning to come to again . They were driving their spurs into the partition till the splinters flew about , and some of the boys fell off , and some still hung on and sat looking like fools . ` Ah , well , ' said the Governor , ` it is easy to see who has been here ; but what a worthless set of fellows you must be to sit here and let the Master Thief steal the horses from under you ! ' And they all got a beating for not having kept watch better . Later in the day the Master Thief came and related what he had done , and wanted to have the Governor 's daughter as had been promised .
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