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The locomobile kept this name forever after in Meyerhofer 's house . Next morning the noise began afresh . The ten hired workmen stood in the yard and did not know what to do . Meyerhofer wanted to have the engine heated , but Lob Levy , who had passed the night in a shed in order to be at hand the first thing in the morning , wanted first to receive his price , as it had been settled in the agreement , because the grain had to be delivered in town by noon . `` What grain ? '' the mother asked , turning pale . Well , it could not be denied any longer : Meyerhofer had sold almost the whole harvest -- the thrashed corn as well as the amount still to be thrashed -- to the Jew for the old worn-out engine .