And so
it continued the whole night. He took nothing without returning it, but
repaid everything with interest, and did not lay about him in vain. At
daybreak, however, everything ceased. When the miller had got up, he
wanted to look after him, and wondered if he were still alive. Then
the youth said, "I have eaten my fill, have received some boxes on the
ears, but I have given some in return." The miller rejoiced, and said
that the mill was now released from the spell, and wanted to give him
much money as a reward. But he said, "Money, I will not have, I have
enough of it." So he took his meal on his back, went home, and told
the bailiff that he had done what he had been told to do, and would now
have the reward agreed on. When the bailiff heard that, he was seriously
alarmed and quite beside himself; he walked backwards and forwards in
the room, and drops of perspiration ran down from his forehead. Then he
opened the window to get some fresh air, but before he was aware, the
head-servant had given him such a kick that he flew through the window
out into the air, and so far away that no one ever saw him again.
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