midday
The woman received him with open arms , made him a great feast , and they were right merry together . Wine flowed all night , and a couple of bagpipers played the music by turns . They soon got tired of playing , but Janko never tired of dancing . He drank on to midday , and was in such high good-humor that he did not know what to do with himself . At last he scattered handfuls of gold among the gaping peasantry , and while they were fighting for it among themselves , he went out into the fields , declaring that whosoever dared to follow him would be a dead man . And , indeed , no one had the courage to follow him but one man , and that man was the kopanitschar . `` Janko had looked for him all night long in order to kill him , but he had remained concealed in a hayrick till midday .