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. You see, we have come without getting our shoes dirty; through the village the road is dreadful! so dirty. (They stop to clean their shoes with straw.)

(looking into the straw and seeing something). What is this?

(looking in). That is Mítrich, their hired hand. See how drunk he is!

. He must have been drinking heavily.