What did the peddler say in his defense when it was clear that he was not the person the ironmaster had thought he was?

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Philoid · Accepted Answer

The ironmaster came to know the reality about the peddler the next morning. The peddler in his defense explained that he never pretended to be what he was not. He showed himself as a poor trader. He only desired to sleep in the forge for the night. He had declined the ironmaster’s invitation again and again.