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lMPERlAL OFFlCE OF THE lNTERlOR
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DEAR lNNSTETTEN,
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l HAVE THE PLEASURE OFlNFORMlNG YOU
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THAT HlS MAJESTY HAS CONSENTED
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TO YOUR APPOlNTMENT.
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MY SlNCERE CONGRATULATlONS.
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''l'm afraid, Roswitha,
because l'm all alone here.
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''But who should accompany me?
Rollo? Yes.
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''He bears me no grudge.
That's the good thing about animals.
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''Those were my mistress's words.
l'll say no more.
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''Please remember me to little Annie
and to Johanna as well.
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''Your obedient servant...
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''Roswitha Gellenhagen.''
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We could learn something from her.
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l think so, too.
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That's why everything else
seems so questionable to you.
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lt's been on my mind a long time,
and these simple words...
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with their conscious...
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or perhaps unconscious
hint of accusation...
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have completely unsettled me.
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lt's been tormenting me for some time.
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l want to free myself of this whole business.
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Nothing gives me pleasure anymore.
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The more distinctions l gain,
the more meaningless it all seems.
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l've messed up my life.
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May was IoveIy. June even IoveIier.
Once Effi had overcome the heartache...
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RoIIo's arrivaI aroused in her...
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she was deIighted to have
the faithfuI creature with her again.
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Roswitha was praised,
and Briest expressed to his wife...
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his respect for Innstetten...
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who was a perfect gentIeman, not petty...
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and whose heart was in the right pIace.
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''A pity that stupid affair had to happen!