In the end , the peddler writes a letter to edla where he mentions that " money pouch hanging as a bait for poor wanderers" why and how is it a bait ? Pls xpln asap.
The material benefits like riches and joys, shelter and food, heat and clothing are temptations that allure a person to fall into the rattrap. Once a person accepts the bait, he or she is trapped forever. The peddler gets tempted to steal the crofter’s money. The rattrap seller refers to the thirty kronor as bait because he himself was lured by and, consequently, trapped in an unfortunate situation because of the money.