The young man said to her, "That key belongs to me."

And she gives it to him.

The lady could not endure this young man, and she gives him a push,

and he falls into the well. All on a sudden the water of the well

overflows, and the young man comes out all dripping. The husband had

not seen that his wife had pushed him into the well, and the young

man told him that he had fallen into it. This poor man wishes to give

him some clothes, but he will not accept them, saying that he will

dry himself at the fire. At table the lady is not at all polite to

him. The young man asks her if she would recognise her son.

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