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Not onIy had her master confided in her...
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he had toId her to make sure
Roswitha didn't ruin everything.
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That was the main thing.
AIthough she had a good heart...
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and feIt sympathy for her mistress...
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what most moved her
was the sense of triumph...
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at enjoying a certain
intimacy with her master.
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WE ARE lNFORMED
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THAT YESTERDAY MORNlNG
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lN KESSlN, EASTERN POMERANlA,
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A DUEL TOOK PLACE BETWEEN
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COUNClLLOR VON l.
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AND MAJOR VON CRAMPAS.
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THE MAJOR WAS KlLLED.
:46:37
A RELATlONSHlP HAD ALLEGEDL Y
:46:39
EXlSTED BETWEEN HlM
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AND THE PRlVY COUNClLLOR'S
:46:43
BEAUTlFUL YOUNG WlFE.
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The things these papers write!
:46:48
Yes...
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and people read it...
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and say nasty things about my mistress.
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And the poor major's dead, too.
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-Should the master be dead instead?
-No, Johanna.
:47:01
Our master should live.
Everyone should live.
:47:05
But don't forget...
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it all happened so long ago.
:47:09
The letters are yellow with age.
:47:13
-How can anyone dig up--
-That's how you see it, Roswitha.
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''As for your future, my dear Effi,
you are on your own now.
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''You may count on
some materiaI support from us.
:47:28
''Live in BerIin,
where you'II be one of the many...
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''who have deprived themseIves
of air and sunIight.
:47:34
''It wiII be a IoneIy Iife if you don't
want to descend beIow your cIass.
:47:39
''Your former worId wiII be cIosed to you.
:47:42
''The saddest thing for aII of us...
:47:45
''is that you wiII aIso be excIuded
from your parentaI home.
:47:50
''We cannot offer you a refuge
in Hohen-Cremmen...
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''for that wouId mean...
:47:54
''cutting ourseIves off from the worId...
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''which we are not prepared to do.