and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room for us to lodge in your father’s house?”

Again she said to him, “We have plenty of both straw and feed, and room to lodge in.”

And he said, “Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” They said however, “No, but we shall spend the night in the square.”