Robert Peters wrote:

>Well, we only have the guy's half of the story.  He tells us (in Die
>Wetterfahne) that he has been shunned because some other guy promises to
>be a wealthier son-in-law.

You're probably right.  Although it seems unlikely that the girl would ave
attracted a rich suitor while the narrator was still a guest sleeping her
house.  I wonder if that last line "Ihr Kind ist eine reiche Braut" ("Her
child is a wealthy bride") isn't simply a masochistic fantasy.

Walter Meyer