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Dominic, in Endringen, they say, has three daughters as straight as organ-pipes; choose one of them we should like to have a daughter from that house." "Yes," the mother observed, "Ameile is sure to have nice daughters." "And it would be well," continued the father, "if you went to Siebenhofen and took a look at Amrei, the Butter Count's daughter.
It cost him many a pang before he came to the farm and that's a pity." Ameile, Dominic's wife, gave a friendly welcome to the new comer, who offered her services and at the same time took off her jacket, asking if she might borrow a large apron with a bib on it. But the farmer's wife insisted that Amrei should satisfy her own hunger and thirst before she set about serving others.
Ameile did not know how to show greater honor to Barefoot than by leading her about the house, as if she were a wealthy farmer's wife, and showing her the large chest full of wedding presents in the bridal room.
The eldest daughter of Dominic and Ameile whom we know, from Lehnhold was to marry a rich wood-merchant from the Murg Valley, and it was said that there would be such merry-making as had never yet been seen. The day drew nearer and nearer.
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