Trotz der Klagen des Alten war es deutlich, daß er mit gutem Grunde stolz war auf seinen Wohlstand, stolz auf seine Söhne, seinen Neffen, seine Schwiegertöchter, seine Pferde und Kühe und ganz besonders darauf, daß seine ganze Wirtschaft so wohl und sicher begründet war.
In spite of the old peasant's grumbling one could see that he was justly proud of his property, of his sons, his nephew, his daughters-in-law, his horses, his cows, and especially of the fact that his whole household and farm held together.