This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ...malte. Er kam auf mich zu, als ich hereintrat, und verlangte mit oft unterbrochenen Worten, mich allein zu sprechen. Der Gang, auf den er mich, ihm zu folgen, einlud, thing!" He turned his back upon me, and went most deliberately out of the room with his hat upon his head and whistling a tune. I stood there ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ...malte. Er kam auf mich zu, als ich hereintrat, und verlangte mit oft unterbrochenen Worten, mich allein zu sprechen. Der Gang, auf den er mich, ihm zu folgen, einlud, thing!" He turned his back upon me, and went most deliberately out of the room with his hat upon his head and whistling a tune. I stood there with Bendel as one turned to stone, thoughtless, motionless, gazing after him. Heavily sighing and with death in my heart, I prepared myself to redeem my promise, and like a criminal before his judge, to appear in the Forestmaster's garden. I alighted in the dark arbour, which was named after me and where they would be sure also at this lime to await me. The mother met me carefree and joyous. Mina sate there, pale and lovely as the first snow which often in the autumn kisses the last flowers, and then instantly dissolves into bitter water. The Forestmaster went agitatedly to and fro, a written paper in his hand, and appeared to force down many things in himself which painted themselves with rapidly alternating flushes and paleness on his otherwise immoveable countenance. He came up to me as I entered and with frequently choked words, begged to speak with me fuhrte nach einem freien, besonnten Theile des Gartens--ich Hess mich stumm auf einen Sitz nieder, und es erfolgte ein langes Schweigen, das selbst die gute Mutter nicht zu unterbrechen wagte. Der Forstmeister sturmte immer noch ungleichen Schrittes die Laube auf und ab, er stand mit einem Mal vor mir still, blickte in's Papier, das er hielt, und fragte mich mit prufendem Blick: "Sollte Ihnen, Herr Graf, ein gewisser Peter Schleinihl wirklich nicht unbekannt sein?"--Ich schwieg--"ein Mann von vorzuglichem Charakter und Yon besonderen Gaben--" Er erwartete...
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Near Fine. First edition with these illustrations. Translated and illustrated by Theodore Bolton. Small owner's label, light offsetting from clippings to blank pages, near fine, without dustwrapper.
