The Rattrap

Question

What did the peddler write to Edla in his letter? Expected

Or

Why did the peddler sign himself as “Captain Von Stahle”?

Answer

The peddler wrote since you have been nice to me all day long, as if I were a captain. So I want to be nice to you as a real captain. I do not want to be embarrassed at this Christmas season as a thief. You can give back the money to the old crofter. The rattrap is a present from a rat who would have been caught in this world’s rattrap if he had not been raised to captain, because in that way he got power to clear himself” So he siged himself as Captain Von Sahle.

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