He needs must goe, the Devil drives.

As they reached the door, Bose, having yarded the cows, was stealing around the corner of the pig-sty, and making for the woods.

soft-curded milk

It was known as a fact that people from the lower ranks were ennobled and allowed to pass into the rank of samurai; in the same way, too, samurai were clearly disinheritable, and for any offence passed down into the ranks beneath them.