The miller rubbed his mealy hands together and looked at her, too; and, seeing the sunbeams shining in her hair, answered, almost without thinking: " Yes! She's a lass in a thousand. She can spin straw into gold."
He and his new family — he'd married local lass Susan Reuttinger soon after arriving in 1613 and they now had three children — they were officially protected.
" Yes, " said I, much moved; " that and more. Often — in my country I have seen that wretched change you have spoken of, from the fresh handsome country lass to the poor draggle-tailed country woman" .
And another day, as she was unconsciously smiling at some passing thought, she was addressed by a poorly-dressed, middle-aged workman, with 'You may well smile, my lass; many a one would smile to have such a bonny face'.
" Steady, my lass, steady, and remember that you are not really a butterfly but a mortal girl with a head that will ache tomorrow, " he answered, watching the flushed and smiling face before him.
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