Chapter 32
The Goblin and the HucksterTHERE was once a regular student, who lived in a garret,
and had no possessions. And there was also a regular huckster, to
whom the house belonged, and who occupied the ground floor. A
goblin lived with the huckster, because at Christmas he always had
a large dish full of jam, with a great piece of butter in the
middle. The huckster could afford this; and therefore the goblin
remained with the huckster, which was very cunning of
him.
One evening the student came into the shop through the
back door to buy candles and cheese for himself, he had no one to
send, and therefore he came himself; he obtained what he wished,
and then the huckster and his wife nodded good evening to him, and
she was a woman who could do more than merely nod, for she
