Next morning , when the goose-girl came to let out the geese , she heard the Priest bemoaning himself as he lay in the sack in the goose-house . ` Oh , heavens ! who is that , and what ails you ? ' said she . ` Oh , ' said the Priest , ` if you are an angel from heaven do let me out and let me go back to earth again , for no place was ever so bad as this -- the little fiends nip me so with their tongs . ' ' I am no angel , ' said the girl , and helped the Priest out of the sack . ' I only look after the Governor 's geese , that 's what I do , and they are the little fiends which have pinched your reverence . ' ` This is the Master Thief 's doing ! Oh , my gold and my silver and my best clothes ! ' shrieked the Priest , and , wild with rage , he ran home so fast that the goose-girl thought he had suddenly gone mad . When the Governor learnt what had happened to the Priest he laughed till he nearly killed himself , but when the Master Thief came and wanted to have his daughter according to promise , he once more gave him nothing but fine words , and said , ` You must give me one more proof of your skill , so that I can really judge of your worth . I have twelve horses in my stable , and I will put twelve stable boys in it , one on each horse . If you are clever enough to steal the horses from under them , I will see what I can do for you . ' ` What you set me to do can be done , ' said the Master Thief , ` but am I certain to get your daughter when it is ? ' ` Yes ; if you can do that I will do my best for you , ' said the Governor . So the Master Thief went to a shop , and bought enough brandy to fill two pocket flasks , and he put a sleeping drink into one of these , but into the other he poured brandy only . Then he engaged eleven men to lie that night in hiding behind the Governor 's stable . After this , by fair words and good payment , he borrowed a ragged gown and a jerkin from an aged woman , and then , with a staff in his hand and a poke on his back , he hobbled off as evening came on towards the Governor 's stable . The stable boys were just watering the horses for the night , and it was quite as much as they could do to attend to that . ` What on earth do you want here ? '
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