And then he felt free to go on, and
explain he had L70 laid by with the master, and how would she like him
for a husband.
And the girl told him to fetch her the money, and he asked his master
for it, and brought it to her. But as they were going upstairs, she
cried, "O John, I must go back, sure I've left my shutters undone, and
they'll be slashing and banging all night."
The butler said, "Never you trouble, I'll put them right." and he ran
back, while she took her feathers, and said: "By virtue of my three
feathers may the shutters slash and bang till morning, and John not be
able to fasten them nor yet to get his fingers free from them."
And so it was. Try as he might the butler could not leave hold, nor yet
keep the shutters from blowing open as he closed them. And he _was_
angry, but could not help himself, and he did not care to tell of it and
get the laugh on him, so no one knew.
Then after a bit the coachman began to notice her, and she found he had
some L40 with the master, and he said she might have it if she would
take him with it.
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