HINDS <Sj NODLES 
 GERMAN CLASSICS 
 
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8EC0NH iOPY, 
 1899. 
 
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FRIEDRICH SCHILLER 
 
HINDS & NOBLE'S GERMAN CLASSICS 
 
 SCHILLER'S 
 
 DER NEFFE als ONKEL 
 
 WITH 
 
 FOOTNOTES AND VOCABULARY 
 
 Introduction 
 
 by 
 
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INTRODUCTION. 
 
 I. SKETCH OF SCHILLER'S LIFE. 
 
 Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller, the beloved 
 poet of Germany, the singer of liberty, the admired and 
 admiring friend of Goethe, was born at Marbach, in Wür- 
 temberg, November 10th, 1759. His father was an army 
 surgeon under the Duke of Würtemberg, being in service 
 during the war of the Austrian Succession and also during 
 the Seven Years' War. He afterward held small military 
 positions in different places, but under the same authority. 
 Schiller's mother was Elisabetha Dorothea Kodweis, 
 daughter of a baker and innkeeper. The circumstances of 
 Schiller's parents were always poor during his youth, so 
 that in their actions they were largely dependent upon 
 the wishes of the reigning duke. Thus it was that while 
 Schiller was yet a child the family moved to Lorch, and 
 in 1766 to Ludwigsburg, where they finally settled. At 
 Lorch the child received his first lessons from Moser, the 
 aged pastor, and at Ludwigsburg he was entered in the 
 grammar school. From his first teacher he imbibed a 
 desire to become a clergyman, and his parents were in 
 sympathy with this wish ; but the duke, Karl Eugen, was 
 establishing a military academy at Stuttgart, and wanted 
 pupils, so, in spite of the protests of his father, Schiller 
 
was compelled to become a student there, while in his 
 fourteenth year. 
 
 The duke's command was in the form of an offer of a 
 free education, but in return the father signed a bond 
 w T hich put Schiller's services and career into the duke's 
 hands. He entered first as a law student, and then as a 
 medical student. The discipline in the school was very 
 severe, but Schiller found time, amid his uncongenial 
 surroundings and occupations, to read the works of poets 
 and philosophers and to try his own hand at writing. 
 His first production of moment was the "Robbers." 
 This was printed at his own expense, in July, 1781, 
 although it had been begun before the writer was nine- 
 teen. The play was performed at Mannheim the next 
 winter with great success, and Schiller was present to 
 enjoy it. Some months later he visited Mannheim again 
 for the same purpose, but on his return was arrested for 
 breach of discipline. He was at this time regimental 
 surgeon, but shortly after his second visit to Mannheim, 
 the magistrates of the Swiss canton of the Grisons com- 
 plained of a passage in the " Robbers," and the duke 
 forbade Schiller writing. The poet thereupon' left Stutt- 
 gart secretly, and after a fruitless visit to Mannheim and 
 to Frankfort, he settled for some months at Bauerbach, 
 near Meiningen, the summer home of Frau von Wolzogen, 
 mother of some student friends. Here he finished 
 "Fiesco," already begun, and wrote "Plot and Passion." 
 In 1783 he returned to Mannheim, where he obtained 
 the position of poet to the theatre, which gave him a 
 moderate income. He remained there in comparative 
 comfort for about a year, then having given up his posi- 
 tion, he went to Leipzig. Before leaving Mannheim, 
 
Schiller began the publication of the Rheinische Thalia, 
 devoted to the drama, dramatic criticisms, discussions, 
 etc. He continued this periodical until 1794. Part of 
 " Don Carlos " appeared in its first number, but the entire 
 play was not published until 1786, when he was living in 
 Dresden with Christian Gottfried Körner, his devoted 
 friend and admirer. In Dresden he wrote part of a novel 
 called the "Geisterseher," and becoming deeply inter- 
 ested in the subject of history, began his " Revolt of the 
 Netherlands," the first volume of which appeared in 1788. 
 In 1787 Schiller first went to Weimar, where he met 
 Herder and Wieland, who immediately became his 
 friends. About this time he made the acquaintance of 
 Fräulein Charlotte von Lengefeld, whom he married 
 February 2 2d, 1790. The marriage was very happy, and 
 Schiller's wife proved both a help and a comfort to him. 
 In 1789 he became professor of history at the Univer- 
 sity of Jena, which is near Weimar, and where he was 
 able to enjoy the friendship of other men of letters, 
 Goethe being the foremost. The friendship of these two 
 poets, slow to begin, became firm and lasting, each 
 inspiring the other, and no finer tribute has been paid to 
 Schiller than that made by Goethe after the former's 
 death. 
 
 The poet had now a small salary and an equal pension 
 from Karl August, so that he could live in modest ease. 
 His first complete historical work was the " History of 
 the Thirty Years' War." While still at work on this 
 book he fell ill, and his position would have been very 
 hard, but the Prince of Holstein-Augustenburg and 
 Count von Schimmelmann together granted him an an- 
 nual pension of one thousand thalers for three years. 
 
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 Schiller rested, visited his parents in his old home, and 
 partially recovered his health. On his return to Jena, he 
 started, in company with Goethe, the Boren, which cov- 
 ered a greater range of subjects than the Thalia, now dis- 
 continued. Some of Schiller's finest essays and poems 
 appeared in the Horen, and some of his best short poems 
 were first published in the Mus en- Almanack, started about 
 the same time. The latter also contained the " Xenien," 
 a series of epigrams written by both the poets, and the 
 result of jealousy and ill-will on the part of other authors. 
 
 In 1799 appeared "Wallenstein," a tragedy in three 
 parts, on which Schiller had been working for seven 
 years. This drama, the subject of which had suggested 
 itself to him during his labors on the " History of the 
 Thirty Years' War," was the greatest he had yet pro- 
 duced; Carlyle calls it the greatest dramatic work of the 
 eighteenth century. 
 
 Immediately after the completion of " Wallenstein" 
 Schiller began studying for " Mary Stuart," his next play. 
 But before this was produced, his " Song of the Bell " 
 appeared. This was always his most popular poem, and 
 sank deep into the German heart. 
 
 Toward the end of this same year Schiller moved with 
 his family into Weimar, where he spent the rest of his 
 short life. From this time on he received a yearly pen- 
 sion from the Grand Duke, which made his circum- 
 stances easier, and he soon had a home of his own, where 
 he worked and studied, and where his friends often met. 
 
 " Mary Stuart" was brought out in 1800, but was not 
 so successful as some of Schiller's other plays. In 1801 
 appeared the "Maid of Orleans," which was received 
 with great enthusiasm. This play is beautiful and in 
 
many ways great, but it presents an idealized maid, and 
 not the simple peasant girl. 
 
 The poet's next play was the " Bride of Messina'' (1803), 
 a tragedy constructed on the lines of the old Greek 
 drama, including the chorus. Schiller's leanings had 
 long been growing in this direction, and he hoped much 
 from this play. But the classic form, austere and artifi- 
 cial, won no welcome from the modern audience, and 
 Schiller made no further attempt therein. 
 
 The next year his last and greatest play was produced. 
 This was "William Tell." Shortly after its completion 
 the poet made a visit to Berlin, and before reaching his 
 home again was suddenly taken ill. He partially recov- 
 ered, but in the spring he again became worse, and died 
 May 9th, 1805, aged somewhat over forty-five years. 
 
 In appearance Schiller was tall and quite lean, with 
 dark-red hair, a pale, thin face, and thoughtful and 
 dreamy eyes, which lighted up when he became enthusi- 
 astic. Carlyle says: "To judge from his portraits, 
 Schiller's face expressed well the features of his mind : 
 it is mildness tempering strength; fiery ardor shining 
 through the clouds of suffering and disappointment, 
 deeply but patiently endured. ... There are few faces 
 that affect us more than Schiller's; it is at once meek, 
 tender, unpretending, and heroic." 
 
 The judgment of to-day does not give Schiller's genius 
 so high a place as that of his own age; nevertheless, it 
 is not to be denied that he did much to advance German 
 literature. His works will always be read as forming a 
 notable part of his country's thought, and the people of 
 Germany will always love and admire both the man and 
 his writings. He began by preaching revolt in the 
 
" Robbers," and ended by singing of liberty in " William 
 Tell." Liberty was always his gospel, but its stormy 
 expression in youth gave place to a calmer but no less 
 earnest appeal in later life. In character Schiller was 
 what a close student of his works and actions will judge 
 him to be, at once eager and tender, changeful yet always 
 persevering, industrious beyond expectation, in spite of 
 ill health, in his chosen work, modest and unassuming in 
 his tastes, yet in many of his ideas lofty and, according 
 to Goethe, aristocratic; but the characteristic that is 
 above all insisted upon by those who knew r him was his 
 "inexhaustible cheerfulness." He was courageous and 
 hopeful to an unusual degree; and it is pleasant to be 
 able to say with Carlyle : " On the whole, we may pro- 
 nounce him happy." 
 
 II. "THE NEPHEW AS UNCLE." 
 
 As is well known, this play was not original with 
 Schiller, but was an adaptation from the French of Louis 
 Benoit Picard, whose plays were having much vogue at 
 that time. The work was begun at the suggestion of 
 Duke Karl August of Weimar, who wished to see some of 
 the contemporary French plays on the German stage. 
 Besides this one (called " Encore des Menechmes " in the 
 original) Schiller adapted one other of Picard's — "Medi- 
 ocre et Rampant, ou Le Moyen de Parvenir " — which, 
 originally written in Alexandrine verse, Schiller trans- 
 lated into prose as "The Parasite." 
 
 " The Nephew as Uncle" was already in prose in the 
 original, but Schiller changed the dramatis persona and 
 much of the dialogue. Schiller himself calls it " a light 
 
9 
 
 play of intrigue " ; its plot, as is indicated by its French 
 title, was itself an adaptation from the " Menaechmi " of 
 Piautus, and hinges on ths likeness of appearance be- 
 tween two people. The comedy was written between 
 February and May, 1803, its first performance in Weimar 
 being upon the 18th of the latter month. It was well 
 received and became quite popular. 
 
 The story briefly told is as follows: Young Dorsigny, 
 who closely resembles his uncle, has fought a duel and 
 appears at the uncle's residence for the purpose of hiding, 
 a wig and change of uniform having made the resem- 
 blance complete. His sister meets him and tells him 
 that his cousin Sophie, whom he loves, is to marry young 
 Lormeuil when her father, Colonel Dorsigny, returns. 
 Young Dorsigny, personating his uncle, gives Sophie con- 
 sent to marry himself. But while they are preparing for 
 an immediate marriage, Colonel Dorsigny returns unex- 
 pectedly with young Lormeuil. When he meets with the 
 results of his nephew's plans, of which he is entirely 
 ignorant, the scenes are exceedingly laughable. Young 
 Lormeuil himself, the prospective bridegroom, finds the 
 key to the riddle, and as he has fallen in love at first 
 sight with the sister of young Dorsigny y he very willingly 
 yields Sophie to her cousin and accepts another bride for 
 himself. 
 
 It will be seen that the plot is very slight and that the 
 effect of the play lies entirely in the situations. The 
 constant confusion of uncle and nephew until they are 
 finally brought face to face furnishes opportunity for that 
 genuine humor of which the theatre-going public never 
 tires and which likewise makes pleasant reading. 
 
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 £ormeutI, ©opfjienä Bräutigam 3 , 
 
 Palcour, tJrcunb be§ 4 jungen Sorftgnü. 
 
 Champagne, S3ebienter be§ jungen Sorftgntj. 
 
 €tn Hotar. 
 
 gtset Unteroffaiere 5 . 
 
 €tn pofttuon. 
 
 3asmm, Siener in &orftgnt)§ ^aufe. 
 
 Drei £afaten. 
 
 Sie ©cene ift ein ©aal mit einer £§ür im gmtb 6 , bie §u einem 
 harten fü^rt 7 . $uf beiben ©eiten ftnb $abtnett§tfyüren s . 
 
 I. the persons of the play (Dramatis Personae). 2. French 
 names usually keep their French titles; as, colonel de Dorsigny, 
 Madame de Mirville etc. 3. intended; betrothed. 4. of. 5. ser- 
 geants; non-commissioned officers in the army. 6. at the back. 
 7. leading into; opening on ... . 8. doors. 
 
 NB. 93ei ber ftberfe^ung beadjte man, bajs oa$ fjäuftg im 
 em^atifdjen ©inne t>or!ommenbe „ja" burd) „why", „to be sure", 
 „indeed" unb äfjnlidje 2(u§brücfe n»teber§ugeben ift. 
 
CErfrer TKtiffxm. 
 
 Dale our (tritt eilfertig herein, unb natybem er fid) überaß 
 mngefe^en 1 , ob niemanb 3 sugegen, tritt er §u einem t-ott ben 3ßac§§- 
 filtern, bie born anf einem «Sdjretbttfd) brennen, nnb lieft ein SBitfet). 
 „§err »on SSalcour toirb erfud)t 3 , biefen 2tbenb urn fedj§ 
 „Xtyx fid) im (Sartenfaal be§ Jperrn bon 3)orfignt) einjU' 
 „finben 4 . @r lann 51t 5 bent Keinen ?ßförtdjen fjereinfommen, 
 „ba£ i>tn ganjen £ag offen iff — Seine Unterfdjrift ! — 
 ipm! £m! ein feltfame£ Stbenteuer. — 3ft'8 bietteidjt 6 eine 
 f)übfcf)e grau, bie mir fjier ein 9?enbesbou£ geben ttrill? 7 — 
 2)a§ märe 8 aöerüebft. — ?lber ftiß 9 ! SSer finb bie beiben 
 giguren, bie eben ba eintreten, too 10 icf) fjereingefommen bin? 
 
 Jhn>iii>r Ruffetit 
 
 Stans oon Dorfign^ «no (Champagne (.Uxb^ in Mäntel 
 eingenrief elt). V a 1 C U r. 
 
 Dorfigny (feinen 3Kantet an Kampagne gebenb). (Si 11 
 guten 2lbenb, lieber SSalcour 12 ! 
 
 üalcour. 2Sa§? »ift bu'3 13 , Sorfignt)? SBie 
 fommft bu Ijiefjer 14 ? Unb tt)oju biefe fonberbare 9tu§* 
 ftaffierung 15 — biefe $erütfe nnb biefe Uniform, bie nidjt 
 fcon 16 beinern Regiment ift? 
 
 1. after looking all round. 2. to see if any one. 3. is re- 
 quested. 4. to repair to the drawing room of M. de D/s summer- 
 residence. 5. by. 6. perhaps it is. 7. who wants to meet me 
 here. 8. that would be. 9. hush. 10. who are just entering by 
 the same gate where I did. 1 1, aha. 12. my dear V. 13. is it 
 you. 14. what makes you come here. 15. odd equipment; strange 
 disguise. 16. which is not that of . % ♦ . 
 
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— 4' — 
 
 Dorfigny. SMeiner ©idjerfjett toegen 1 . — SdE) Ijabe 
 mid) mit meinem Dberfttieutenant gestagen 2 ; er ift fdjtoer 
 bermunbet, unb id) fomme, nttd) in *ßari£ jit berbergen 3 . 
 SBeit man mid) aber in meiner eigenen Uniform gar ju 
 teid)t erfennt 4 , jo fyaU idj'S furS ftdjerfte gehalten 5 , ba§ 
 Koftitm meinet DnlcK ansnne^men 6 '. SSir finb fo jtemltdj- 
 bon einem Sitter 7 , trie bu nmfjt unb einanber an ®eftatt, 
 an ©röße, an garbe, bi§ jum SSertDec^felrt ä^nitd^ 8 unb 
 führen überbie§ nod) einerlei tarnen. 2)er einige Unter* 
 fd)ieb ift, bafs ber Dberft eine perfide trögt unb id) meine 
 eigenen §aare. — £e|t aber, feitbem id) mir feine perfide 
 unb bie Uniform feinet [Regiments julegte, erftaune id) felbft 
 über bie grofte Sljnttdjleit mit ifjm 9 . £n biefem Singen* 
 Mief lomme id) an 10 unb bin erfreut, bid) fo pünftKd) bei 
 bem 9tenbejbou§ ju finben. 
 
 Palcour. 33ei bem atenbejbouS? SBie? §at fie 
 bir audj ettoa§ babon bertraut? 11 
 
 Dorfigny. SBie? ffietdje fie 12 ? 
 
 Dalcour. Sftun 18 , bie ifjübfdje ©ante, bie mid) in 
 einem 95iHet Ijierljer belieben 14 . SDu bift mein greunb, 
 2)orfignt), unb id) tjabe nid)t£ ®eljeime£ bor 15 bir. 
 
 Dorfigny. Sie aUerüebfte Same! 
 
 Dalcour. SBorüber ladjft bu 16 ? 
 
 3>orfigny. Sdj 6in bie fdfjöne S)ame, SSalcour. 
 
 I. for safety's sake; for my own safety. 2. I've had a duel 
 with ... 3 and I've come to Paris to hide myself there. 4. but 
 as I should have been much too easily recognised .... 5. I've 
 deemed (considered) it (the) safest (plan). 6. to put on. 7. we 
 are pretty much of the same age, 8. to resemble one another in 
 appearance .... so as to be easily mistaken one for the other. 
 9. I'm myself astonished at our .... 10. I've this moment arrived. 
 II. has she made a confidant of you, too; has she taken you, too, 
 into her confidence? 12. she, which she. 13. why. 14. who 
 wrote me a note to say that she wished to meet me here. 15. I 
 have no secrets from. 16. what are you laughing at. 
 
-— 5 ~ — 
 
 'bale our. Su? 
 
 Dorfigny. Sa* SJitlet ift Don mir. A 
 
 ValcovLt. Sin fd)öne» Quiproquo, jum Seufel 1 ! — 
 2Ba£ fällt bir aber ein, beine »riefe iücf)t ju unterzeichnen 2 ? 
 ßeute oon meinem Schlag 3 fönnen fid) bei folgen Sittetö 
 auf etraa§ ganj anberä Sftedjnung machen 4 . — 9lber ba e§ 
 fo ftefjt, gut 5 ! 2öir nehmen cinanber nidjtS übet 6 , ©orfignt). — 
 2(lfq 7 id) bin bein gefyorfamer Siener. 
 
 Dorfigny. ©arte bocf) s ! SSarum eilft bu )o f)hx= 
 weg? ©ö lag mir biet baxan 9 , bid) 51t fpredjen, efje id) 
 midj öor jemanb anberem feiert liefe 10 . 3d) brauche beine» 
 JBeiftanbe^; mir muffen 2(brebe miteinanber nehmen. 
 
 Dalcour. ®ut. — S)u fannft auf mid) jaulen; aber 
 jeijt (aft mid) 11 , id) fjabe bringenbe ®efdjäfte. 
 
 Dorfigny. <5o! 5e^t, ba bu mir einen Sienft 
 erzeigen follft? 12 — 9tber 51t einem galanten Slbenteuer 
 fjatteft bit Stit übrig 13 . 
 
 Vaicoux. ®a§ nicfjt 14 , lieber Sorfignt)! 5(ber id) 
 muß fort 15 ; man ermartet mid) 16 . 
 
 Dorfigny. SSo? 
 
 Dalcpur. 25eim T^ombre. 
 .*2)orfigny. 2)te große 2lngelegenf)eit 17 ! 
 
 Datcour. ©djer^ beifeite 18 , 3d) fyabz bort ©e~ 
 
 I. a pretty sell, confound it. 2. but why on earth don't you 
 sign your letters. 3. gentlemen like me. 4. naturally expect 
 something quite different from ... 5. but since the matter stands 
 thus, all right. 6. we won't be offended at it; we won't be angry 
 with one another; we'll take it all in good part. 7. so. 8. one 
 moment, if you please. 9. I've been very anxious ; it is of the 
 utmost importance to me. 10. before showing myself to any other 
 person; before allowing anybody else to see me. II. excuse me. 
 
 12. you are to ... . 13. you had plenty of time (time to spare). 
 
 14. not exactly. 1 5. I must be off. 16. I've an engagement. 
 
 17. the all engrossing business, ot course. 18. joking apart ; with- 
 out anv joking; in real earnest. 
 
— 6 — 
 
 legenfjeit, bie ©djtoefter beine» Oberfttieutenant§ ju feiert. — 
 Sie Ijätt tt?a§ auf midf) 1 ; idE) mill bir bet ifjr baa SBort 
 teben 2 c 
 
 Sorfigny. 9?utt meinetwegen 3 . 210er tfju mir ben 
 (Gefallen, meine ©djmefter, bie gran öon SDiiröitte, im 
 SSorbeigeljen 4 miff en ju laffen, ba% man fie fjier im ©arten* 
 faal ermarte 5 . — 9?enne mid) aber nid£)t, jjorft bu 6 ? 
 
 Dalcour. Sa fei an§er Sorgen 7 ! 3d) ^be leine 
 3eit baju unb mitt e» il)r fjinauf fagen laffen 8 , ofjne fie 
 nur einmal ju fefjen 9 . Übrigen» behalte idE) mir'§ öor, bei 
 einer anbern (Gelegenheit iljre nähere SBefanntfdjaft ju 
 madjen 10 . 3d) fd)ät$e ben S3ruber ju feljr, um bie ©djmefter 
 nidjt ju lieben, menu fie ijübjäj tji, berftefjt fidj 11 . ca&.) 
 
 1&rt«*r muf tritt 
 
 D orfigny. Champagne. 
 
 Dorfigny. 3 um ®lücf brauche id) feinen 23eiftanb 
 fogar nötig nidjt 12 . — (£$ ift mir weniger um ba$ 33er* 
 bergan ju tf)un 13 (benn bietteidfjt fällt e£ niemanb ein 14 ), 
 mtd) ju Verfolgen), al§ um meine liebe Soufine (Sophie 
 mieberjufefjen. 
 
 Champagne. 2Ba§ Sie für ein glücftidjer Sßann 
 finb, gnäbiger öerr 15 ! — Sie fefjen 3§rc ©eliebte 16 mieber 
 
 I. she has a pretty good opinion of me; she has some regard 
 for me. 2. I'll speak to her in your behalf. 3, well, as you like. 
 4. in passing; by the way. 5, that somebody is waiting for her 
 in the summer-house (in the pavilion). 6. but don't mention my 
 name, d'ye hear (do you hear). 7. no fear on that score; make 
 your mind easy about that, 8. I will send up word to her. 
 9. without as much as (even) seeing her. 10. I reserve to myself 
 for another occasion the pleasure of making ... II. of course, 
 12. I don't stand so particularly in need of (I don't so very much 
 require) his assistance. 13. it is of less importance to me to hide 
 myself. 14. for nobody, .perhaps, dreams (will think) of . . . 15. how 
 lucky you are, sir; how happy is your honour's lot. 16, your love. 
 
unb idj (feuftt) meine grau! SBann getjt'£ lieber jurücf 
 tn^ 1 ©Ifafc? — tt>ir lebten tüte bie Sngel, ba mit fünfzig 
 Steilen meit boneinanber ttaren 2 . 
 
 Dorfigny. «Stilt! Sa lommt meine Sdfjmefter! 
 
 mtvttv Auftritt/ 
 Porige. 5rau t>on VdxtvilU. 
 
 St. v. XditvUU. 8U)! Sinb @ie e£? Seht ©ie 
 Don iperjen nriftfommen 3 ! 
 
 Sorftgny. 5ftun, ba$ ift bod} 4 ein ^erjli^er ©mpfang! 
 
 St. v. 2ttirx>ilte. £>a§ ift Qa] redjt fd£)ön 5 , bafc ©ie 
 un£ fo überrafdfyen 6 ! (Sic fdjrieben, bag Sie eine lange 
 Steife öorfjätten 7 , bon ber Sie frül)eften£ 8 in einem SJtonat 
 jurücf fein iönnten, unb fcter Sage barauf finb Sie fjier? 
 
 Dorfigny. ©efdjrieben fyatt' idf) unb an toen 9 ? 
 
 5r. x>. ZUir pille. Wn meine Xante! agitft tbem Sfjam* 
 *>aane, ber feinen kantet ablegt). SSo ift benu aber §err \>on 
 Sormeuil? 
 
 Dorfigny. 23er ift ber iperr bon Sormeuil? 
 
 5r. x>. ZTtirpille. Sljr lünftiger ©d^miegerfo^n. 
 
 Sorfigny. ©age mir, für men Ijältft bu midj 10 ? 
 
 St. t>. 27T ir t> i II e. 9hm, bodfj tooljl 11 für meinen 
 Dniel! 
 
 Sorfigny. Sft'3 möglid)! 3#eine @d§toefter erfennt 
 midfj nid£)t! 
 
 St. v. Znirpille. ©djtoefter? Sie — mein ©ruber? 
 
 Sorftgny. 3dj — beut 93ruber. 
 
 t. when are we to (shall we) return to. 2. we were as 
 happy as angels , whilst living fifty miles apart from one an- 
 other. 3. you are heartily welcome. 4. I must say; really; indeed. 
 5. it's very nice of you. 6. to take us thus by surprise. 7. that 
 you intended going on . . . 8. at the (very) earliest. 9. did I, 
 and to whom. 10. whom do you take me for. II. of course. 
 
St. v. Znirtnllc. £a£ faun ntd)t fein. 2)a§ ift 
 nid)t möglid). 2Kein 25ruber ift bei 1 feinem Regiment ju 
 (Strasburg, mein Sruber trägt fein eigene» ©aar, unb ba% 
 ift aud} feine Uniform nidjt 2 — nnb fo groß aud) fonft 
 bic Stynlid&feit 8 — 
 
 ©orfigny. ©ine Eljrenfadje, bie aber fonft rtitfjt biel 
 ju bebeuten fjaben mirb 4 , fyat mid) genötigt, meine ©arnU 
 fon in alter ©efdfjnnnbigfeit ju berlaffen; um nic§t erlannt 
 ju merben 5 , ftedte id) mid) in 6 biefen 9iod unb biefe ^erüde. 
 
 St. v. XfiivvxiU. 3 ff» möglich? — D fo laß bid) 
 fjerjtid) umarmen 7 , lieber ©ruber. — ^sa, nun fange tdj 
 an, bid) ju erfennen! Slber bie 21§nlid)feit ift bod) ganj 
 erftaunlid). 
 
 Dorfigny. SReiit Cnfet ift alfo abroefenb ? 
 
 5r. v. 2Tlirx>iIIe. greüidf}, ber öeirat rcegen. 
 
 Dorfigny. Ser öeirat? — 3ßeld)er 8 ©eirat? 
 
 5r. t>. ZHirtnlle. Sop'f)ien§, meiner doufine 9 . 
 
 2>orfign\\ 2Sa» ffirf id), Sophie foö heiraten 10 ? 
 
 St. v. ZMxvxlU. ©i freilid) 11 ! SBet^t bu e» benn 
 nidjt 1 *? 
 
 Dorftgny. 9ttein Sott.! 9?ein 13 ! 
 
 Champagne (nähert p#). 9?id)t ein SSort toiffen mir 14 . 
 
 St. v. ZHirr» t lie. §err tion Sormeuil, ein alter 
 £rieg§famerab be§ Cnfel» 15 , ber ju Soulon toofjnt, Ijat für 
 feinen @ol)n um Sophien angehalten 16 . — 2>er junge Sor> 
 
 I. with. 2. nor is this his uniform; and moreover (besides), 
 this is not ... 3. great as the resemblance otherwise is. 4. which, 
 however, is not likely to be of great consequence. 5. in order 
 to avoid being recognised; in order not to be recognised. 6. I 
 put on. 7. oh, then let me embrace you heartily. 8. which. 
 9. my cousin Sophy's (marriage). 10. Sophia is going to be mar- 
 ried. 11. to be sure, she is. 12. didn't you know. 13. good 
 gracious! no, I didn't. 14. we haven't the faintest knowledge of 
 it. 15. an old brother officer of uncle's. 16. has asked Sophia 
 in marriage for his son. 
 
— 9 — 
 
 meuit fott ein fe^r UebenSioürbiger 9Wann fein, fagt man 1 ; 
 ttrir fydbtn xt)n nodj nid)t gefeljen. 2)er Dnfet §ott if)n ju 
 Joulon ab 2 ; bann tooHen fie eine roeite fHeife jufammett 
 madjen s , um idj toeifc uid)t meldte ©rbfdjaft in 95efi£ ju 
 nefjmen 4 . !gn einem 3Konat benfen fte 5 jurücf 5U fein, unb 
 ttjenn in atSbamt nod) ba bift, fo fannft bu jur ^pod^jeit 
 mit tanjen. 
 
 2>orfigny. 2W), üebe ©d^toefter ! — fReblidEjer (£§am* 
 pagne! Sftatet, §etft mir! SBenn üjr mit nidjt beiftefjt, fo. 
 ift e§ au§ mit mir 6 , fo bin idfj Verloren. 
 
 St. v. m'xtvxlU. 28a£ §aft bu benn 7 , 93ruber? 
 2Sa§ ift bir 8 ? 
 
 Champagne. 9Kein§err ift berfiebt in feine (£oufine. 
 
 5r. v. Zfixtville. Slfj, ift e§ ba£! 
 
 ©orftgny. 2)iefe unglücf fetige 9 Jpeirat barf nun unb 
 nimmermehr ju ftanb lommen 10 . 
 
 $r. t>. TXlxtv'xllt. @£ tt>irb fdjtoer galten 11 , fte xM* 
 gäugig ju madjen. Seibe SSäter finb einig 12 , ia% Sßort ift 
 gegeben, bie 2trtilel finb aufgefegt ls r unb man erwartet 
 bloß nodj ben Bräutigam, fte ju unterjeid^nen unb ah* 
 pf<pef*ett. 
 
 Champagne, ©ebulb! — £>ören@ie 14 ! (Xtitt $hnfd&en 
 beibo. Sd) ^abe einen fubümen (Einfall ! 
 
 SorfiguY. Sftebe! 
 
 Champagne, ©ie Ijaben einmal 15 ben Stnfang ge* 
 
 1. they say young L. is a very nice gentleman. 2. uncle has 
 arranged to meet him at T. 3. they then intend taking a long 
 journey together. 4. in order to take possession of some inherit- 
 ance or other. 5. they expect (intend). 6. it is all up with me. 
 7. what is the matter with you. 8. what ails you. 9. ill-fated; 
 ill-starred. 10. must never take place. II. it will be rather 
 difficult; it won't be at all an easy matter. 12. agreed. 13. the 
 marriage-articles are (the marriage-contract is) drawn up. 14. listen. 
 15. now. 
 
— 10 — 
 
 mad)t, SDren Dnlel borjufteEen! SSIeißen ©ie babei 1 ! 
 güljren ©te bie fftotfe burdj 2 . 
 
 5t. x>. Znir^ille. ©in fd^öne§ 2ftittel, um bie SRid^te 
 
 ju fjeiraten. 
 
 Champagne. 9^ur gemad) ! ßaffen ©ie micf) meinen 
 $lan entttricfeln. — Sie fpieten [alfo] S§ren Dnfel! ©ie 
 finb [nun] iperr fjier im §aufe, unb Sljr erfte§ ©efdjäft 
 ift, bie bemußte ipeirat ttrieber aufjuljeben 3 . — ©ie Ijaben 
 ben jungen ßormeuit nidjt mitbringen fönnen 4 , toeil er — 
 meil er geftorben ift — llnterbeffen erhält grau b. 2)or= 
 fignt) einen 33rief Don Sfjnen, aU bem 9ieffen 5 , toorin ©ie 
 um bie (£ouftue anhalten. — 2)a£ ift<mein Stmt! 3d) bin 
 ber Kurier, ber btn SSrief bon Strasburg bringt. — grau 
 b. SDorfignt) ift berliebi in 6 ifjren Neffen, fie nimmt biefen 
 SSorfcfflag mit ber beften 91rt bon ber SBelt auf 7 ; fie teilt 
 if)n Sfjnen al£ ifjrem ©fjeljerm mit 8 , unb ©te laffen ftd)'£ 
 toie bittig, gefallen 9 . Sftun fteßen ©ie fid), als menn @ie 
 auf£ eitigfte berreifen müßten 10 ; ©ie geben ber Xante un* 
 bebingte SSottma^t 11 , biefe ©ad)e §u (£nbe ju bringen, ©ie 
 reifen ab, unb btn anbern £ag 12 erfd)einen ©ie in Sljren 
 natürlichen paaren unb in ber Uniform 3fjre§ Sftegiment£ 
 ttneber, als menu ©ie tbtn fpomftreidj£ bon 3§rer ®arni* 
 fon ^erfämen 18 . ©ie betrat gefjt bor ftd) 14 ; ber Dnlel 
 lommt ftattticfj angezogen 15 mit feinem SMutigam, ber ben 
 
 I. stick to it; continue to do so. 2. play the part through. 
 3. to countermand (to break off) the marriage in question. 4. you 
 were unable to bring L. with you. 5. as her nephew. 6. dotes 
 on . . .; is dotingly fond of . . . 7. she receives (accepts, entertains, 
 agrees to) this proposal with the best grace in the world. 8. she 
 imparts it to you ... 9. you agree to it, (you don't object to 
 it) of course; you are, of course, perfectly satisfied with it. 10. to 
 be obliged to start off (to depart, to set out) instantly. II. ample 
 authority and full power. 12. next day; the day after. 13. as 
 though you had just arrived at full speed from your garrison town. 
 14. takes place. 15. arrives in state. 
 
— 11 — 
 
 $ta£ gtücflid) 1 befefet ftnbet, unb n-tdjt« 33effer§ ju ttjttu 
 ijat, al§ umjufefjren unb fid) entmeber ju Toulon ober tu 
 Dftinbien eine %xau ju Ijoten 2 . 
 
 Dorftgny. ©lauöft bu, mein Dnfel toerbe ba§ jo 
 gebulbig — 
 
 (Champagne. D er ftrirb aufbraufen, baZ berftefjt 
 fidj 3 ! @£ tüirb fjeifc fterben am Slnfang 4 . — Stber er liebt 
 Sie 5 ! er liebt feine £od)ter! Sie geben iljm bie beften 
 SSorte 6 , berfpredjen iljm eine Stube t»oEC artiger ©nfeldjen, 
 bie if)tn alle fo ci^nltdE) fefjen follen, toie Sie felbft 7 . ®r 
 ladjt, er befänftigt fid) 8 , unb affe3 ift bergeffen. 
 
 5r. v. ZHiroille. Sdj toeif* ntdE>t f ift e^ ba£ Stolle 
 biefeS ©infallä 9 , aber er fängt an, micf) ju reiben 10 . 
 
 Champagne. D er ift Ijimmlifd), ber Ginfaff. 
 
 Dorfigny. Suftig genug ift er, aber nur nidjt a\i§* 
 fühlbar — meine £ante ttrirb micö tt>ol)l für ben Dn!el 
 anfefjen 11 ! 
 
 5r. t>. Znirr>ille. $abt idj T £ bodj 12 ! 
 
 Dorftgny. $a, int erften Stugenbticfe 13 . 
 
 5r. t>. ZHirpille. S®ir muffen i§r feine 3^t laffen 14 , 
 au§ ber STäufdjung ju fommen 15 . Sßenn tirir ik 3eü be- 
 nutzen 16 , [fo] brausen tüir aud) nur einen SlugenblidE 17 . 
 
 I. successfully. 2. and to get a wife at T. or in the E. I. 
 3. he will fly into a violent passion, of course. 4. it will be hot 
 work at first. 5. he likes (is fond of) you. 6. you coax and 
 caress him; you flatter and cajole him; (you treat him to any 
 amount of soft sawder; slang, aber im 2Jhmbe be§ 23ebtenten gan^ 
 am $la£e). . 7. who shall all be as like him as you are yourself. 
 8, his anger is appeased (soothed, assuaged). 9. whether it is the 
 extravagance of this idea. 10. I begin to like it; it begins to 
 please (tickle) me. II. isn't likely to take me for . . . 12. didn't 
 I. 13. at first sight. 14. we must not allow her any time. 15. to 
 discover the trick (the deception). 16. if we make the most of 
 the (our) time; if we turn our time to the best advantage. 17. a 
 moment is all we want. 
 
— 12 — 
 
 — ©§ ift jefct ätöenb, bie 2)unfetf)eit lommt un§ ju 
 ftatten 1 ; bicfc Sicfjter leuchten nid)t ^^ genug 2 f urn ben 
 Unterfdjieb bemerltid) 3 "ju madjen. Sen Sag braudjft 
 bu gar nid)t ju erwarten 4 — bu cxllarft sugleidj, ba$ 
 bu in ber 9tad)t 5 toieber fortreifen müffeft, unb morgen 
 erfdjeinft bu in beiner magren Sßerfon. ©efd)tt>inb cmä 
 SSerl 6 ! SBir ijaben leine 3^ ju verlieren — ©treibe 
 ben SSrief an unfre Xante, ben bein Champagne alS 
 Surier überbringen foil 7 , nnb roorin bu urn ©opfjien 
 anläuft. 
 
 Dorfigny (an ben 6$rei&tif$ gc^enb). ©d)tt>efter! 
 @d£)tpefter! 2)u madjft mit mir, tvaZ bu toittft 8 . 
 
 Champagne (jt$ bit §anb rei&enb) 9 . SBte freue id) mid) 
 über 10 meinen flugen ©infaÖ! (Sdjabe, bafj id) fd)on eine 
 grau f)abe, iä) lönnte 11 Jjier eine Hauptrolle fpieten, anstatt 
 Liefet] MoJ3 ben Vertrauten ju madjen 12 . 
 
 5r. p. irciruille. Sßie ba3 13 , Champagne? 
 
 (Champagne. @i nun 14 , ba§ ift ganj natürlid). 
 Sfteiu iperr gilt für 15 feinen Dnfel, id) ttmrbe ben §errn 
 Don 2ormeuil borftetten, unb toer ttieifj, tt>a§ mir am 
 ©nbe nidjt nod) btüfien fönnte 16 , ftenn meine fcerbammte 
 ^eirat — 
 
 5r. t>. Zfixvville. 23af)rf)aftig 17 , meine Eoufine fiat 
 Urjadje, fid) barüber ju betrüben 18 ! 
 
 I. the darkness will favour us (will be our ally). 2, don't 
 give sufficient light. 3. easily noticed. 4. there is not the slightest 
 occasion (it is not at all necessary) to wait for . . . 5. this very 
 night. 6. look sharp; quick to your work. 7. is to. 8. you do 
 with me as (whatever) you please (like). 9. rubbing his hands, 
 10. how rejoiced (delighted) I am at . . . II. I might. 12. instead 
 of being merely ... 13. how so. 14. why. 15. passes for. 
 16. what good fortune might yet be in store for me; what piece 
 of good luck might yet fall to my share. 17. really; upon my 
 word. 18. to be grieved at it; to regret it deeply; to lament (to 
 deplore) it sincerely. 
 
— 13 — 
 
 2>orftgUY Cftegctt ben SBrief unb gibt t§rt an G^ampague). 
 £ter ift ber SBrief. 9Kdjt' e$ mm ein, mie bit ttritfft! Sir 
 ü&erlaff id) mid) 1 . 
 
 Champagne. ©ie foKen 2 mit mir aufrieben 
 fein. — Stt wenigen StugenbUcfen 3 ttierbe id) bamit al§ 
 Kurier fcon Strasburg anfommen, gefpornt unb geftiefelt, 
 triefenb bon <Sdjtt)et& 4 . — @ie, gnabiger §err, galten 
 ftdj tuacfer 5 . — 9Äut, Sreiftigfeit, Unöerfdjjämtfjeit, wznri* 
 nötig ift 6 . — 2>en Dnfet gefpiett 7 , bie Staute angeführt, 
 bie Dlidjte geheiratet, unb rcenn aHe§ Vorbei tft, btn 
 ^Beutet gebogen 8 unb ben rebtidjen Siener gut bejaht 9 , 
 ber 3§nen i^ etilen biefen öerrlidjfeiten öerfjotfen fjat 10 . 
 
 (ab.) 
 
 5r. x>. Znirt>ilte. ®a !ommt bie £ante. (Sie toirb 
 bid) für bm Dnfet anfefjen. £§u, al£ toenn bu notmenbig 
 mit ifjr ju reben fjätteft 11 unb fdjicf' midj ftieg. 
 
 ©orfigny. Stber toa» toerb' id) ifjr benn fagen 12 )? 
 
 5r. t>. Zninnlle. 2(tte§, tua» ein galanter SJiamt 
 feiner grau nur SIrtige» fagen fann 13 . 
 
 I. I put myself entirely in your hands. 2. you shall .... 
 3. in a very short time; (in a jiffy; slang, aber im *Dhmbe be§ 
 SBebienten am $(a£e). 4. in a state of great perspiration. 5. keep 
 up your courage. 6. if need be. 7. gefpielt, angeführt, geheiratet, 
 gebogen, be^a^lt finb burdj Qmperatiöe ju überfegen: personate the 
 uncle, deceive the aunt u. f. VO. 8. pull out your purse; out with 
 your purse. 9. pay handsomely; (and when all is over, out with 
 your purse and down with your dust (cash , money) to reward 
 handsomely the honest servant . . . slang, aber ber ©pradje be§ 
 Champagne angemefjen). 10. who has procured for you all this 
 happiness. 1 1, as if you particularly wanted to tell her something ; 
 as if you had something particular to tell her. 12. what shall I 
 say to her. 13. all the pretty things an attentive (polite, cour- 
 teous) husband can say to his wife; all the compliments that a 
 gallant husband can pay to his wife, (gallant §at btn Xon auf 
 ber sroeiten Silbe). 
 
— -14 — 
 
 Sünftsr %nf triff ♦ 
 
 5rau von VTiixville. $xa\x t>on Sorftgny. 
 5 r a rt 3 pon £> r [ i g n v. 
 
 St. t>. 2Tcirr>ille. kommen ©ie bod) 1 , Hebe Sante! 
 ©ejcfjtDtnb! £er Cnfel ift angefommen. 
 
 St. d. Dorfigny. SSie? 2Sa§? SKcin SKann? — 
 Sa mafjrOaftig, ba ift er! — öerjlid) nnllfommen , lieber 
 Sorfignt)! — ©0 batb erwartete 2 icf) ®ie nicf)t. — 9hm! 
 @ie Ijaben büd^ 3 eine glüdEttd^e 9?eife gehabt? — 2lber trie 
 fo allem 4 ? 2So finb 3$ie Seute? 3d) ftörte bodj Sfjre 
 Sutfdje nic£)t — nun ttaf)tf)aftig — icf) befinne midj !aum 5 
 
 — icf) jittre t»or 6 Überrajcfjung unb greufce — 
 
 St. r>. 2Tlirr>ille (i>ünltct) 7 $u ir)rem trüber). 9hm, [fo] 
 rebe bocf) 8 ! Stntoorte frifd^roeg 9 ! 
 
 Dorfigny. SSeil idj nur auf einen furjen 23efucf) 
 
 -f)ier bin, fo lomm id) allein unb in einer 9Jhetfut|d)e 10 . — 
 
 2Ba» aber bie Utetfe betrifft 11 , liebe grau 12 — bie ^Reife 
 
 — ad)! bie ift nid)t bie glüdlid)fte geraefen. 
 
 5r. r>. Dorfigny. ©ie erfcfjreden midj! — @3 ift 
 3§nen bod) fein llnglücf ^ugeftoßen 13 ? 
 
 Sorfigny. 9hd)t eben mir! mir nid)t u ! — 3tber 
 biefe öeirat — c§ur grau bort 2Kirtriae) Siebe 9hd)te, icf) Ijabe 
 mit ber Sante — 15 
 
 5r. t>. XfiivvxlU. 3d) mill nid)t ftören, mein Cnfel 1 * 1 '. 
 cafcj 
 
 1. come, please; do come, pray. 2. to expect. 3. I hope. 
 4. but why (are you) quite alone. 5. I'm scarcely able to collect 
 my thoughts. 6. with. 7. low; softly. 8. now, do say something, 
 please. 9. answer • heT boldly; speak to her frankly. 10. I've 
 come alone, and in a hackney-coach, because I can stay here but 
 a very short time. 11. as for the journey; as regards the journey. 
 12. my dear. 13. no accident has happened to you, I hope; no 
 mishap has befallen you, I hope. 14. not exactly to me (me) 
 not to me (me). 15. I want to speak to your aunt. 16. I will 
 not disturb you;. I won't be in your way, uncle. 
 
— 15 — 
 
 £*tf$ter länftxxit. 
 Stan port Sorfigny. 5^ari3 port Dorftgny. 
 
 St. p. X>orfigny. 9?«"; lieber 9Kaun! biefe Jpeirat — 
 
 2>orftgny. 9(u§ biefer .§eirat roirb — nidjtS 1 . 
 
 St. p. Dorftgny. 23ie? fjaben voir ntdjt ba3 SBort 
 be£ S3ater$? 
 
 2>orfigny«. 2frei{itf) mofjl 2 ! 2(ber ber ©oljit !ann 
 unfere Softer nicfjt heiraten. 
 
 5r. p. T>orfigny. @o? unb warum [beim] nidjt? 
 
 Dorfigny emit ftarfem Suite) 3 . SSeil — toeil er — 
 tot ift. 
 
 5r. p. Dorfigny. SKeirt ©Ott, melier 3xxfalC 4 ! 
 ■ Dorfigny. @§ ift ein renter gammer 5 . Stefer junge 
 SDiann ttmr, ma§ bie 6 meifteu jungen ßeute finb, fo ein 
 Heiner Sßüftling 7 . (£tnen Slbenb bei einem SSaffe fief£ xfjm 
 ein 8 , einem artigen (jübfdjen Sftäbdjen beu ipof 511 machen 9 ; 
 ein 9?ebenbuf)(er mifdjte fidj brein 10 unb ertaubte fidj be- 
 (eibigenbe Sdje^e 11 . 2)er junge Sormeuif, lebtjaft 1 *, auf* 
 braufenb 13 , tute man e£ mit 20 Safjvert ift 14 , nafjnt ba§ 
 übel; jum Unglüd 15 roar er an einen Käufer bon Sßrofcffion 
 geraten 16 , ber fiel) nie fdjtägt, ofjne feinen 9Tiann — ju 
 töten. Unb btefc böfe ©eroo^n^eit behielt aufy jefet bic 
 Cberfjanb über bie ®efcf)tdücf)feit feine» ®egner£ 17 : ber 
 
 1. this marriage will come to nothing (nought). 2. to be 
 sure, we have. 3, emphatically; in a firm tone of voice 4. what 
 an unfortunate accident. 5. a dreadful misfortune. 6. as. 7. a 
 little bit of a rake. 8. one night at a ball he took it into his 
 head. 9. to show great attentions to ; to be ostentatiously po- 
 lite to; (slang: to be very sweet on . . ,\ 10. tried to interfere; 
 interfered. 11. and presumed to indulge in offensive jokes (chaff). 
 12. passionate; easily roused. 13. hot (quick) tempered; hot- 
 spurred. 14. as one is apt to be (as one usually is) at twenty. 
 15, unfortunately. 16. he had come across a professed duellist 
 (bully). 17. got also this time the better of his adversary's skill. 
 
— 16 — 
 
 ©ofjn meines armen ?$reimbe£ blieb anf bem ^fage 1 , mit 
 brei töblicljen — (Stiegen im Setbe. 
 
 St. r>. Dorfigny- Sarmfjerjiger §immel! 28a 3 nut j$ 
 ber SSater babei gelitten Ijaben 2 ! 
 
 £>orfign\\ Sa£ lönnen @ie benlen 3 ! Unb bie 4 
 Gutter. 
 
 St. v. Dorfigny. SBte? Sie 4 Butter! Sie ift 
 ja im lejjten SBinter geftorben 5 , foöiet 6 icf) tt>ei§. 
 
 3)orfigny. Siefen 7 SBinter — ganj redjt! 9ftein 
 armer greunb Sormeuil! Sen SBinter ftirbt if)m feine grau 8 , 
 nnb jejjt im Sommer mu§ er ben ©oljn in einem Suell 
 berlieren! — (££ ift mir and) ferner angefommen 9 , iljn in 
 feinem Sd^merj jn fcerlaffen! Slber ber Sienft ift \t%t fo 
 fdjarf! — Stuf ben jttmnjigften muffen alle Dffijiere — 
 beim Regiment fein 10 ! ©eute ift ber neunjefjute 11 , unb 
 idj Ijabe nur einen ©prang nadj 5ßari§ getrau 12 nnb mu§ 
 fd£)on Ijeute abenb 13 [roieber] — nad) meiner ©arnifon ju= 
 rücfreifen. 
 
 St. x>. Dor'figny. SBie? @o balb? 
 
 X>orfigny. Sa§ ift einmal ber Sienft 14 . SBa£ ift 
 ju madden 15 ? Se^t auf unfere Softer ju tommen 16 — 
 
 St. v. £>orfigny. ®a$ üebe Stub ift fefjr uieber* 
 geftf)lagen unb fdjjmermütig, feitbem ©ie meg mären. 
 
 Sorfigny. SBiffen Sie, ma§ idfj beule? Stefe Partie, 
 bie mir ausgefudjt 17 , mar — nicf)t nadE) 18 ifjrem ®efrf)macf. 
 
 St. v. Sorfigny. <3o? SBiffen @ie 19 ? 
 
 I. was left on the ground. 2. what must have been the 
 sufferings of his father. 3. that you may easily imagine. 4. his. 
 5. why, she died. 6. as far as. 7. last. 8. last winter he lost 
 his wife. 9. I felt very reluctant; I was very loth; it went very 
 near my heart. 10. by the 20th all the officers must have joined 
 the (their) regiment. II. the 19th. 12. I've only just run up to Paris. 
 13. this very evening. 14. such is military service. 15. to be done. 
 16. now to speak of . . .; now about our daughter. 17. the 
 match we arranged for her. 18. to. 19. do you know it. 
 
- 17 — 
 
 Dorfigny. 3d) n>ei§ nirfjtö. — 2(ber fie ift fünf* 
 jefjn Safjre alt. — Sann fie ltidjt für fid) felbft fdjon ge= 
 ma^It fjafien 1 , efj mir e§ für fie traten? 
 
 St. t>. Dorftgny. 2Id) ®ott |a! Sa£ begegnet aße 
 Sage 2 
 
 Dorfigny, 3^^ n 9 eu mödjt id) il)re Steigung ntdjt gem 3 . 
 
 5r. v. Dorfigny. SSemafjre mt-S ©ott babor 4 ! 
 
 $t*ft?nf er Buftrift 
 
 Die Dorigcn. Sophie. 
 
 Sophie (fceim StitbKcfc $orfian$3 ftm^enb). %f) ! mein 
 SSater — 
 
 $x. v. Dorfigny. SKun, mas ift bir 5 ? gürdjteft 
 bu bid), beinen SSater ju umarmen? 
 
 Dorfigny atad&bem er fte umarmt, für fid) 6 .) (Sie Ijaben'ä 
 bod) gar gut, biefe SSäter 7 ! 2tße§ 8 umarmt fie! 
 
 5r. v. Sorfigny. Su mei^t rooftl nod) nid)t 9 , @op()ie, 
 bafy ein ungtüdlidjer 10 Befall beine §eirat getrennt fjat 11 ? 
 
 Sophie. 2Betd)er Sufaff? 
 
 5r. p. Dorfigny. £err fcon Sormeuil ift tot. 
 
 Sophie. 2Jtein ©ott! 
 
 Dorfigny (bat fie mit ben SUtgen friert) 12 , ^a, nun — 
 voaZ fagft bu ba§u, meine Sophie 13 ? 
 
 I. might (can) she not have chosen for herself. 2. that 
 happens (such things happen) every day. 3. I should not like to 
 force ... 4. heaven forbid (forfend; ntd)t „forefend", tone e§ 
 allgemein, aber unrichtig gefdjrieben mirb. t>. Sfeat, ettymol, Wörter- 
 bltd)). 5. what's the matter. 6. aside. 7. what lucky fellows 
 these fathers are („dogs" anftatt „fellows" slang, aber nidjt 
 feiten im SJtunbe eine§ jungen DffijierS, ber „für fidj" fpridjt). 
 8. every body. 9. you do not yet know (you have not yet heard), 
 I suppose. 10. sad. 1 1. to put an end to . . . 12. looking at 
 her steadfastly (firmly); watching her closely. 13. my dear; my 
 darling. 
 
— 18 — 
 
 Sophie. 3d), mein SSater? — gd) Beilage biefen 
 unglüdlidjen Biaxin 1 bort Serben — aber idj lann e* nidjt 
 anber* als für ein ©lud anfefjen 2 , baß — t>a% fid) ber Jag 
 fcerjogert 3 , ber mid) bon Seiten trennt. 
 
 Dorfigny. 816er, liebe* Sinb! menu bu gegen biefe 
 ipeirat — ttm% einjuttenben fjatteft 4 , ttarum fagteft bu 
 un§ nichts babon 5 ? SSir benlen ja nid^t barem 6 , beine 
 Neigung fingen 3U motten 7 . 
 
 Sophie. 3>a§ tteift id), lieber 53ater — aber bie 3 
 @d)üd)ternf)eit — 
 
 Dorfigny. 2öeg mit ber 9 @d)üdjternl)eit! Siebe offen! 
 Sntbede mir bein §erj. 
 
 5r. p. Dorfigny. 3<*# niein Sinb! ©öre beinen 
 SSater! @r meint e§ gut, er ttrirb bir getnip ba§ 
 Sefte 10 raten. 
 
 Dorfigny. ®u fjafjteft alfo biefen Sormeuil jum 
 t)orau§ — red)t fjerglicf) ? 
 
 Sophie. S)a§ nirfjt 11 , aber id) liebte iljn nidjt. 
 
 Dorfigny. llnb bu mödjteft feinen beiraten, aß ben 
 bu mirflid) liebft 12 ? 
 
 Sophie. Sa* ift tnof)! 13 natürtid). 
 
 Dorftgnv. S)u liebft alfo 14 — einen anbem? 
 
 Sophie. £a* fyabt id) nidjt gefagt 15 . 
 
 Dorfigny. Kun, nun, beinahe bodj 16 . — §erau§ 
 mit ber Spraye 17 ! Saft mid) alle» miffen. 
 
 1. gentleman. 2. however, I can't help looking upon it as 
 a piece of good luck. 3. is put off (postponed). 4. if you had 
 some objection to . . .; if you objected to . . . 5. why didn't 
 you say so. 6. we haven't the slightest intention; we don't in 
 the least want; we don't at all desire 7. to force. 8. my. 
 9. your. 10. for the best. II. not exactly. 12. and you would 
 not like to marry any one you do not really love. 13. perfectly; 
 quite. 14. then you do love ... 15. I didn't say so; I've not 
 said so. 16. very nearly; almost, if not quite. 17. speak quite 
 plainly, please, do. 
 
— 19 ~ 
 
 5r. v. DorfigiiY. Saffc SDiut, mein Stub! SJergtg, 
 baft e§ betn SSater ift, mit bem bu rebeft. 
 
 Sorfigny. 33Hbc btr ein, ba$ bu mit beinern beftett, 
 beinern 5ärtüd)ften 1 greunbe fprädjeft 2 — nnb ber, ben bu 
 tiebft, mei§ er, ba$ er — geftebt mirb. 
 
 Soptjie. SSe^itte ber pummel! 9tcin. 
 
 Dorfigny. Sft'3 nod) ein junger SReufdj? 
 
 Sopite. @in fefjr liebenSmiirbiger junger SRamt, unb 
 ber mir barttm boppelt roert i(t 3 f toeit jebermann ftnbet, bafj 
 er ^mn gleist — ein Skrmanbter Don un§ 4 , ber unfern 
 Sftamen füfjrt 5 . — SCdE)! @ie muffen tfjn erraten 6 . 
 
 Sorfigny. Sftodj nidjt ganj, liebeä ®inb! 
 
 5r. t>. 2)orfiguy. 2fter id) errat' i§n! 3d) Wette, 
 e§ ift S(;r SSetter, granj ©orfigni). 
 
 Sorfigny. 9?un ©opfjie, bu antmorteft nid)t£? 
 
 Sophie» aSißigcn (Sie meine 353af)l? 
 
 Dorftgny (feine greube mtterbrütfenb, für fid)). SBir muffen 
 btn SSater fpieten. — ?(0er, mein SJtnb — ba% muffen mir 
 [beun] bod) bebenfen 7 . 
 
 Sopfyie. SBarum bebenfen 8 ? 9Kein Setter ift ber 
 befte, toerftcinbigfte — 
 
 Dorfigny. S)er 9 ? (Sin ©djminbetfopf ift er, ein 
 SBUbfang 10 , ber in 11 ben jloei Sauren, ba$ er meg tft 18 , 
 nid)t jmeimal axi feinen Dnfef gefdjrieben tjat. 
 
 Sopfyie. 2tber mir fjat er befto fteiftiger 13 gefdjrtebeu, 
 mein SSater ! 
 
 I. your most beloved; your dearest ... 2. think you were 
 (are) speaking to . . . 3. and whom I like so much the more. 
 4. of ours. 5. to bear. 6. to guess who it is; to guess his name. 
 7. that has to be well considered; that must be taken into the 
 most careful consideration. 8. why should it. 9. he. 10. he 
 is a thoughtless fellow and a regular mad cap; he is a harebrained, 
 wild sort of a fellow. II. during. 12. that he has been away. 
 I3j the more frequently (regularly). 
 
 0* 
 
— 20 — 
 
 ©orfignY. @o? tjat cr baZ 1 ? Unb bu f;aft tfjm 
 wofjl — frtfdjweg 2 geantwortet? §aft bu? 9?id)t a ? 
 
 Sophie. Sftein, ob id) gleid) grof$e Suft baju Ijatte 4 . 
 
 — üftun, @ie fcerfpradjen mir Ja biefen Slugenblic! 5 , baf* ©ie 
 meiner Steigung nidfjt entgegen fein wollten 6 . — Siebe 
 Gutter, reben 7 @ie bod) für mid)! 
 
 5*. v. Dorfigny. 9Jun, nun, gib nad), lieber 2)or- 
 figni). — @§ ift ba weiter nid)t£ ju machen 8 — unb geftef) 
 nur, fie Ijätte nidjt beffer wägten Ißnnen^. 
 
 Dorfigny. ©£ ift waljr, e£ täf$t fid) mandjeä bafür 
 fagen 10 . — 2)a§ Sermögen ift toon 11 beiben ©etten gleidf), 
 unb gefegt 12 , ber 13 Setter Ijatte audj ein biftdjeu leid)tftnuig 
 gewirtfefyaftet 14 , fo weift man 15 ja, bie ipetrat bringt einen 
 jungen SRenfdjen — fdjou in Drbnung 16 . — SBenn fie i(jn 
 [nun] überbie§ 17 lieb Ijat — 
 
 Sophie. D red)t fefjr, lieber Sater ! — (£rft in bent 
 3tugenblicfe, ba man mir ben §errn Don Sormeuil jum ©e- 
 majjl borfdfjlug, merlte idj 18 , \>a$ td() bem Setter gut fei 19 , 
 
 — fo ma£ man gut fein nennt 20 . — Unb wenn mir ber 
 Setter nun [audE)] wieber gut wäre 21 — 
 
 ©orfigny (feurig). Unb warum fottte er ba% nidjt, 
 
 I. indeed! he has, has he; ah! did he though. 2. straigth- 
 way; without much ado. 3. haven't you. 4. though I should have 
 very much liked to do so; though I had a great desire (mind, 
 wish) to do so. 5. just now. 6. that you did not wish to op- 
 pose ... 7. to intercede for. 8. there is nothing else to be 
 done. 9. she couldn't have chosen better (made a better choice). 
 10. there is much (a good deal) to be said in favour of it. II. on. 
 12. and even supposing. 13. her. 14. had been rather extra- 
 vagant in his expenses; had been going it rather fast. 15. every- 
 body. 1 6, soon brings a young man (youngster) to his senses. 
 17. in addition; into the bargain; besides. 18. not till I was told 
 that Mr. L. was to be my future husband did I feel (find out). 
 19. that I was very fond of (liked). 20. what is called being fond 
 of (liking). 21. and if . . . were to love me in return. 
 
— 21 — 
 
 meine Seuerfte 1 — cft$ befümertb) 2 meine gute £od)ter! — 
 yiun toofjl! 3^) bin ein Quter SSater unb ergebe mid}! 
 
 Sophie. 3d) barf atfo jejjt an ben S3etter fdf)reiben? 
 
 Dorfigny. 2Ba£ bu nnttft 8 . — cfit ft«). SBie Ijübfd) 
 fptett fxdj'ä ben SSater 4 , toenn man fo afferlte&fte ©eftänb* 
 niffc 51t (jören befommt 5 ! 
 
 %ülUv Auftritt 
 
 Dorige. 5rau t>on TXl'xxvxlle. Champagne al« 
 
 ^oftitton mit ber ^eitfc^e ttatfäjenb. 
 
 (Efyampagste. ipe, Rottet! 
 
 5r. t>. Ztlir&iUe. ?ßla^ 6 ! ba fommt ein Kurier. 
 
 5r. t>. Dorfigny. @8 ift Champagne. 
 
 Sophie, SKetneS SSetter^ SSebienter! 
 
 (Champagne, ©nabiger Jperr — gnäbige grau 7 ! 
 Keiften Sie mid) au§ 8 meiner Unruhe! — 2)a£ gräulein 
 ift bod) nidjt fdjon grau Don Sormeuil 9 ? 
 
 5r. t). Dorfigny. Stein, guter greunb, nodj nic£)t. 
 
 Champagne. 9?od) itidjt? ®em §immel fei 2)anl 10 , 
 id) bin bod) nod) zeitig genug 11 gelommen, meinem armen 
 iperrn ba% ßeben ju retten. 
 
 Sophie. SBie? bem SSetter ift bod) lein Unglüd 
 begegnet? 
 
 5r. x>. T>orfigny. 9Äein Sfteffe ift bod) ntdjt Irani? 
 
 St. t>. VTCxtv UU. S)u madEjft mir STngft 12 , ma§ ift 
 meinem SSruber 13 ? 
 
 Kampagne. 93eruf)igen ©ie fid), gnäbige grau! 
 
 I. and why shouldn't he, dearest. 2. correcting himself (re- 
 collecting himself). 3. whatever you please. 4. how delightful 
 (jolly) it is to play the part of a father. 5. to get to hear. 6. make 
 room. 7. honoured sir (your honour), honoured madam (your 
 honour). 8. to relieve from. 9. Madame de L. 10. heaven be praised. 
 11. in time; early enough; not too late. 12. you frighten me. 
 13. what has happened (has anything happened) to my brother. 
 
-_ 22 — 
 
 9#ein §err befinbet fid) ganj mofjf, aber mir finb in einer 
 graufamen Sage 1 . — SBemi (Sie ttmfcten — bod) ©ie tt>er* 
 ben atte§ erfahren 2 . Sftein Jperr fjat fid) jufammengenommen 3 , 
 ber gnäbigen grau, bie er feine gute kannte nennt, fein 
 iperj au£sufd)ütten; 3§nen berbanft er afte§, ttmä* er ift; 
 ju 5 S§nen §öt er baZ größte SSertrauen. — ipier fcfyreibt 
 er S^ncn, lefen (Sie 6 unb beflagen (Sie ifjn! 
 
 ©orfigny. SKein ©Ott, toai ift ba§ 7 ? 
 
 5r. t>. Dorfignv (tieft). 8 „33efte Xante! 3d) erfahre 
 foeben 9 , bafc (Sie im begriffe finb, meine ©oufine ;u tier* 
 heiraten 10 . (S§ ift ntdjt mefjr gett, juruclsu^aften 11 : id) 
 liebe (Sopfjien. — 3d) fte^e (Sie an, befte Xante, toenn fie 
 nidjt eine heftige Neigung ju ifjrem beftimmten Bräutigam 
 fjat 12 , [fo] fdjenfen (Sie fie mir! %d) liebe fie fo innig, 
 ba§ id) gett)if$ nod) 13 iljre Siebe gewinne. 3d) folge bem 
 Champagne auf bem gufse nadj 14 ; er tüirb S(jnen biefen 
 93rief überbringen, Sfjnen erjäfjlen, roaä id) feit jener 15 
 fd)redlid)en Sftad)rid)t au^geftanben fjabe." 
 
 Sophie, ©er gut* Setter! 
 
 5r. t>. Xnirpiüc. 2lrmer SDorfignt)! 
 
 Champagne. 9cein, e§ läßt fiel) aar nid)t befdjreU 
 ben 16 , votö mein armer iperr gelitten fjat! 2lber, lieber 
 §err, fagte id) ju ifjm, tiietteid^t ift nodj nid)t atte§ tier* 
 
 I. dreadful fix. 2. but you shall learn all. 3. has made up 
 his mind. 4. he has to thank you for all that ... 5. in. 6. read 
 it (please). 7. what's the matter. 8. reading. 9. I've just learnt 
 (learned). 10. that you are about to dispose of my cousin in 
 marriage; that you are on the point of marrying my cousin to a 
 stranger. II. it is no longer proper to keep silent; there's no 
 longer any time to lose; it's high time now to speak. 12. if she 
 do not feel a strong attachment (a warm affection) for her intended 
 husband (bridegroom). 13. that I am sure to . . . 14. I follow 
 close upon (I am close at) the heels of . . . 15. since I'm in 
 possession of that ... 16. it's utterly impossible to describe (10 
 give you an idea of) . . . 
 
— 23 — 
 
 lorcn. — (Sei), ©djtirfe, tagte er ju mir, id) ftfjneibe bir 
 bie jSefjfe ab, wenn bu ju fpät fommft. — @r fann ju* 
 weilen berb fein, 3(}r lieber SJJeffe. 
 
 2> o r f i g n Y- ttnberfd)ämter ! 
 
 Champagne. 9hm, nun, Sie werben ]a orbenttidj 1 
 bofe, als wenn id) öon Serien fpräcfje; ma§ id) jage, ge= 
 fd)ief)t au£ (auter greunbfdjaft für ifin 2 , bamit ©ie iljn 
 beffern, »eil Sie fein Dttfel finb. 
 
 $r. o. Hlir&iMe. ®er gute, reblidje Siener! (£r 
 will nichts atö ba£ 93efte 3 feinet öerrn! 
 
 5r. r>. Dorftgny. ®e§, guter greunb, rufje bid) au£ 4 ! 
 3)u wirft e§ nötig Ijaben 5 * 
 
 Champagne. 5a, 3f)t ©naben 6 , id) roiCC mid) au£* 
 rufyen in ber Süd)e. (afc.) 
 
 yitunUx %u? tritt. 
 
 Porige of)rte Champagne. 
 
 ©orfigriy. 5Jiun, @opf)ie! ma§ fagft bu baju? 
 
 Sophie. Srf) erwarte 3()re 33efef)fe, mein 7 SSater! 
 
 5r. o. Dorfignv. ©3 ift [ba] Weiter nid)t§ ju tfjun 8 ; 
 wir muffen fie ifjm oljne ßeitfcertuft jur grau geben 9 . 
 
 5r. t>. ZTIiroiUe. 2tber ber SSetter ift ja noef) nid)t fjier. 
 
 St. p. DorfigriY, Seinem Sriefe nadj 10 fann er 
 nid)t lang ausbleiben 11 . 
 
 Dorfiguy. 9hm — wenn eS benn nid)t anberS 
 
 I. well, you are getting quite ... 2. all I do say, I say 
 from (out of) pure friendship for him. 3. all he does is for the 
 good (benefit) of . . . 4. rest yourself; take some rest. 5. you 
 must want (require) it. 6. your honour. 7. I await your pleasure, 
 my dear . . .; I await your commands ... 8. there's no alter- 
 native left us. 9. we must let him marry her; we must give her 
 to him in marriage; we must arrange the wedding. 10. according 
 to . . . 11. he can't (won't) be long in coming; he'll be here in 
 a very short time. 
 
— 24 — 
 
 ift 1 — unb inenn Sie fo meinen 2 , meine Siebe — fo fet'§! 3 
 Sdj bin'£ jufrieben unb totll mid) fo einridjten 4 , ba% ber 
 Särm 5 bet ipocfyjett — Vorbei ift, rnenn id) jurncffomme. 
 
 — §eba 6 ! 93ebiente! 
 
 %t$xdtx %nfttm. 
 
 3 tr> e i öebiente treten ein unb marten im §interarunb 7 . V o r t g e. 
 
 5r. t>. Dorfigny. 5RocE) em£ 8 ! g|r $ad)ter fjat 
 mir ttmfjrenb S^rex 2lbtoefenfjeit jtoeitaufenb Scaler in 
 SBedjfeln auSbejafytt — idj fjabe ifjm eine Cluithtng barflber 
 gegeben. — (££ ift Seiten bodj red^t 9 ? 
 
 Dorfigny. SD^ir ift aüe£ red)t, toa§ ©ie tljun 10 , meine 
 Siebe! (Säfjrenb fte tk Seifet au§ einer <S$reifctafet I)erborI)ott, $u 
 grau toon 2flirbille.) ®arf id) 11 ba§ ®elb tool)! nehmen? 
 
 5r. r>. ZHiroille. Sftimm e§ ja, fonft madjft bu bid) 
 berbädjtig. 
 
 .Dorfrgny öJeimHfl $u iljr) 13 . $n ©ohe§ tarnen 13 ! 
 3d) toitt meine @d)utben bamit bejahen! (Saut, inbem er bie 
 Sed&fet ber grau ton 3)orftgn$ in ©tnpfartg nimmt 14 .) ©a§ ©etb er- 
 innert mid), ba£ ein fcertoünfdjter @d)etm t)on 15 2Bncf)erer 
 mid) fdjon feit lange 16 nm fjunbert 5piftoten plagt 17 , bie 
 
 — mein SReffe fcon ifjm geborgt fyat. — 2Bte ift'3 18 ? @ott 
 idE) \>tn Soften bejahen? 
 
 5r. p. ZHirtnlU. (£i, ba3 berftefjt fid) 19 ! @ie trjev= 
 
 i. if it must be. 2. and you think so. 3. then let it be so. 
 4. and I'll arrange matters so . . .; and I'll make such arrange- 
 ments ... 5. noise; trouble; bother; bustle. 5. holla there. 
 7. at the back of the stage. 8. one thing more. 9. it's all right, 
 I suppose. 10. certainly, I sanction (approve of, agree to) all you 
 do. 11. shall I; may I; ought I to. 12. aside to her. 13. very 
 well; all right. 14. taking the money (the notes) which Mrs D. 
 offers him. 15. of a. 16. for some time. 17. has been dunning 
 me (bothering me) for a hundred pistoles. 18. what do you think 
 (say). 19. of course. 
 
 
— 25 — 
 
 itn botf) meine 33afe feinem 93ruber ßieberüdf) jur grau 
 geben motten, ber bt§ an bie Ofjren in ©djulben ftecft 1 ? 
 
 5r. v. Dorftgny. 9Weine Sftidjte $at redjt 2 , uub 
 tt)a£ übrigbleibt 3 , lann man ju ^odjjeitgefdjenfen anmenben 4 . 
 
 5r. p. ZHiroille. 3a, ja, $u ^odfjjeitgefcfjenfen! 
 
 <£tn brittcr öebteuter (fommt). 2)ie äRobefjänbferiu 
 ber grau fcon Sftirbitte. 
 
 5r. p. ZnirpiUe. Sie fommt mie gerufen 5 . $6 
 ttritt gteid) ben Srautanjug bei 6 ifjr beftetten. cao). 
 
 mrttv %uftm. 
 
 Dorige ofjne 5*<*u *>. ZniroilU. 
 
 Dorftgny (5« &en Söebtenten). ®ommt fjer! (3ut grau 
 bort 2>orfignrp. 3)tan mirb nadj bem §errn (äafpar, unferut 
 Sftotar, fdjicfeu muffen 7 . — 
 
 St. v. Dorftcjny. Saffen @ie i§n lieber g(eid) jum 
 Sftadjteffen eintaben 8 ; bann fönnen mir atte§ nadE) Sequent-- 
 Hd)feit 9 abmalen. 
 
 'Dorfigny. ®a§ ift maf)r! c3u einem bon ben SBebienten.) 
 2)u, gel) jum Sumelier unb laß if)n ba£ Sfteuefte ^erbringen, 
 ma§ er Ijat 10 . — (3u einem cmbern.) 3)u geljft jum §ertn 
 (Safpar, unferm Sftotar,, id) laff iJjn bitten 11 , §eute mit mir 
 ju 9^a(i)t ju effen 12 . — Sann beftetteft bu tner <ßoftpferbe; 
 *ßunft elf U^r muffen fie fcor bem §aufe fein 13 , beim id) 
 muft in ber 9iadE)t nodij fort 14 . — (31t einem brüten) gür 
 
 I. I hope you won't marry my cousin to a scapegrace (to 
 a bit of a rake) who is head over ears (up to his ears) in debt. 
 2. is right. 3. the remainder (the rest). 4. can be spent in . . . 
 5. in the very nick of time. 6. from. 7. we must send for. 8. you 
 had better ask him at once to supper. 9. everything comfortably. 
 10. tell him to bring the newest things he has. 11. and say I 
 beg (ask) him ... 12. to sup (to take supper) with me to-night. 
 
 13. they must be here punctually at eleven o'clock (at 11 sharp). 
 
 14. for I must be off this very night. 
 
— 26 — 
 
 bid), 3a§min, fj a b ; td) einen fi&lid)en Stuftrag — bit tjaft 
 ftopf 1 ; bir lann man toa% anvertrauen 2 . 
 
 3 as min. ©näbiger §err, ba& beliebt Sljnen fo §u fagen 3 . 
 
 Dorfigny. 2)u toeifct, too £err Simon toofjnt, ber 
 ©elbmctfler, ber fonft meine ®efd)äfte machte 4 — ber mei* 
 nem Steffen immer mein eignet (Selb borgte 5 . 
 
 3 as min. @i jattioljl 6 ! Sßarum fottt' ifju nid)t 
 fennen! 3>d) to'ax ja immer ber 5jSoftiHon be§ gncibigen 
 §errn, 3§re3 7 Steffen. 
 
 Dorfigny. ©el) ju ifjm, bring 8 i§m biefe ljunbert 
 Sßiftolen, bie mein Sfteffe ifjm f^ulbig ift, unb bie idE) iljm 
 permit bejahte! SSergift aber nidjt, bir einen (Smpfang* 
 fd^ein geben ju laffen 9 . 
 
 3asmin. SSarum nid)t gar 10 . — 3<f) toerbe bodfj 
 lein foldEjer (£fel fein! c®ie sscbiettten gc^cn ab.) 
 
 5r. t>. 'Sorfignv. SBie er fid) berttmnbern ttnrb, 
 ber gute gunge 11 ; toenn er morgen anfommt unb bie $oü)* 
 jeitgefdjenfe eingefauft, bie ©dfyulbeu bejafjlt finbet 12 . 
 
 ©orfiguy. ®a§ glaub' id) 13 ! @£ tfjut mir nur 
 leib, \>a% id) nidjt Beuge babon fein lann! 
 
 Jhwlffcer %v£fttitt. 
 
 Dorige. 5*au »on ZlliroiUe. 
 
 St. V. 2TUr tulle ceirt herein, §ehnti<$ su i^rem trüber 14 ). 
 STcad)', ba§ bu fortlommft 15 , 93ruber! ©ben fommt ber 
 
 i you're a 'cute (acute) fellow. 2. one can entrust a delicate 
 commission to you (trust you with). 3. it pleases you to say so (you 
 are pleased to say so). 4. who formerly managed my affairs. 5. who 
 always lent . . . to my . . . 6. certainly, I do. 7. the messenger of his 
 honour, your ... 8. go and bring him. 9. to ask for ; to make him 
 give you. 10. o dear no, sir; certainly not sir. II. the good young- 
 ster, won't he look surprised. 12. and finds the wedding-presents 
 bought, and his debts paid. 13. that I do believe; I can well believe 
 that; I believe you. 14. entering hastily and speaking to her brother 
 in a low voice. 15. off with you directly; take yourself off at once. 
 
— 27 — 
 
 Dnfet 1 mit einem Jperru an, ber mir ganj fo auSftcljt, toie ä 
 ber öerr bon Sormeuil. 
 
 3) or fig ny ein ein Kabinett flte^enb) 3 . £>a§ ttmre ber 
 Seufet 4 . 
 
 5r. t). Sorfiguy. 9hm, toarum eilen Sie benn fo 
 ftfjnett fort, SDorfignt) ? 
 
 Dorfigny. S#) nut& — id) Ijabe — gleidj tuerb' 
 id) nneber ia fein 5 . 
 
 5r. s. Znirr>ille epreffiert;. kommen Sie, £ante! 
 Sefjen Sie bod^ bie frönen 3Kü|en an 6 , bie man 7 mir ge- 
 braut Ijat. 
 
 5r. ü. Dorfigny. 3)u tftuft redjt, midf) ju 9iat ju 
 gießen 8 . Sdj berfte£)e mid) baranf 9 . 3d) toil! bir au§= 
 fud)en Reifen. 
 
 3xti&tinUx Auf tritt* 
 
 ©berft ©orfigny- £ormeuil. 5*au *>• Dorfigny. 
 
 Sophie. 5rau »on ZHirrulU. 
 
 ©berft. Sdj fomme früher juritc! 10 , Sftabame, at8 id) 
 gebaut f)abe, aber befto beffer! — Urlauben Sie, ba§ icfy 
 Öfynen Ijier 11 biefen §erm — 
 
 5r. t>. Dorfigny. S3ttte taufenbmal nm Vergebung, 
 meine Ferren 12 — bie *ßu|()änblertn kartet auf uttS, mir 
 finb gteiä) lieber ba 13 . — ®omm, meine Softer! 
 
 ©berft. 9hm, nun, biefe ^ut^cmblerin fönnte ttJofjt 
 aud) einen 2Iugenblicf harten, bädE)t ? id) 14 . 
 
 I. uncle has just arrived. 2. who looks uncommonly like . . . 
 3. hurrying. 4. confound it all; the deuce, he does. 5. I shall 
 be back again directly. 6. do, please, my dear aunt, come and 
 look at . . . 7. they. 8. to ask my . . . 9. I understand fhese 
 things. 10. I've come back (returned) earlier. II. allow (permit) 
 me to introduce ... 12. I beg (ask) a thousand pardons, gent- 
 lemen. 13. cf Slnm. 5. 14. I should think. 
 
— : 28 — 
 
 Sophie. @ben barum, toett fie 1 nidjt tnarten faun 
 — entjd)ulbigen ©ie, meine sperren 2 , (ab.) 
 
 ©berft. £>a§ mag fein 3 — aber idj füllte bod) 
 benfen 4 — 
 
 St. x>. ZHirxnlU. Ate §erren, nriffen mir tr»o^l f fragen 
 nad) $Pu£f)änbierinnen ntdjtä 5 ; aber für un£ finb ba§ fefjr 
 tt>i(f)tige ^Jerfonen 6 . (®e§t 06, ftc§ tief gegen Sormeuü bemeigenb.) 
 
 Ober ft. $mn Xeufet 7 , ba% fei)' id), bafs mon un§ 
 ifjretroegen fielen läfjt 8 . 
 
 ©tsri^lptf *r Buf trtft 
 
 ©berft Dorfujny. Cormeuil. 
 
 (Dberft. (Sin fd)öner ©mpfang 9 , [ba8] mufc id) fagen! 
 
 Cormeuil. Sft ba§ fo ber SBraud) bei 10 ben $ßart[er 
 ©amen 11 , baf* 12 fie ben Sßu^Ijänblerinnen nadjtaufen, foenn 
 ifjre Scanner anfommen? 
 
 Ober ft. 3d) tt>ei§ gar nicfjt, tva% idj barau§ machen 
 foß 13 . 3d) fd)rieb, ba£ id) erft in fedf)S SBodjen jurüd fein 
 fönnte 14 ; idE) bin unt>erfeljen§ ba 16 , unb man ift nidjt im 
 geringften mefjr barüber erftaunt, al£ trenn id) nie au§ ber 
 @tabt gefommen ttmre 16 . 
 
 Cormcuil. SSer finb bie beiben jungen Samen, bie 
 mid) fo f)öfüdf) grüßten 17 ? 
 
 1. it's just because she ... 2. excuse us, gentlemen. 3. may 
 be. 4. but I really think; but I should have thought. 5. gentlemen, 
 we know well, consider milliners to be persons of no account. 
 6. to us they are very important. 7. botheration. 8. that one 
 prefers their company (society) to ours; that one 'neglects us for 
 them; that we don't count for as much as they do. 9. a nice 
 welcome. 10. with. 11. Paris ladies. 12. to (c. Inf.) 13. what 
 to make of it; what to say to it. 14. I could not be back (return) 
 in less than ... 15. now I arrive ... 16. than if I had 
 never left the place (gone away). 17. who bowed to me so 
 courteously. 
 
— 29 — 
 
 ©berft. S)ie eine 1 ift meine 5Rid)te unb bie cmbcre 
 meine Softer, 3()re beftimmte 2 93raut. 
 
 Cormeuit. @ie finb 6eibe fe^r (jüöfdj. 
 
 ©bcrft. ®er genfer anc^ 3 ! 3>ie grauen finb affe 
 fjiibfd) in meiner gamitie. 2tber e§ ift nidjt genug an bent 
 §ü6fd)fein — man muft fM§ and) artig betragen 4 . 
 
 Porige. Die bret Sebienten, Me nad) unb na# 5 
 Ijeremfommen. 
 
 <§tr>eiter Sebtenter ($ur Sintat be§ Obersten). 3)er 
 3totar läftt fe^r bebauern 6 , bafs er mit ®uer ©naben nidjt 
 511 9?ad)t fpeifett fann — er nnrb fid) a6er nad) £if<fi 
 einfinben 7 . 
 
 ©berft. 2Ba£ fdjroatjt ber ba für narrifcfieä ßeug 8 . 
 
 <gtr>etter Sebienter. Sie ^oftpferbe werben Schlag 
 elf \Xi)x bor 9 bem §aufe fein. cab.) 
 
 ©berft. 3)ie <poftpferbe, jeijt, ba idj eben anfomme 10 ! 
 
 firmer öebienter ($u feiner redjten (Seite). 2>er ^u* 
 roetier, Euer ©naben, fjat ©anferott gemacht 11 unb ift biefe 
 Sftadjt 12 auf unb babon gegangen 13 . (a&.) 
 
 ©berft. 3Ba£ gefjt \>a% mid) an 1 *? Gr mar mir 
 nid)« fdjutbig 16 ! 
 
 3asmin (an feiner linfen Seite), ^d) toar bet bem 1G £>erm 
 
 1. one. 2. intended; promised. 3. naturally (of course) they 
 are. 4. but simply (merely) to be pretty, won't do, one must also 
 behave handsomely (handsome is that handsome does eng(tfd)e3 
 Spricfjttiort). 5. one after the other. 6. is very sorry; regrets 
 very much. 7. call after supper; present himself afterwards. 
 8. what nonsense (rubbish) does that fellow talk there. 9. at. 
 10. now that I've just arrived. II. has become bankrupt. 12. this 
 night (last night). 13. has decamped (run away), {slang: he has 
 cut and run; he has cut his stick; he has made tracks). 14. what's 
 that to me; what do I care. 15. he did not owe me anything. 
 16. I've been to; I called on; I went to. 
 
Simon, wie ©iter ©naben befohlen. (£r mar Iranf unb 
 tag im 1 SBette. Jpier fcfjidEt er gfjnen bie Quittung. 
 
 ©berft. 2Ba§ für eine Quittung, Schürfe? 
 
 Jasmin. 9hm ja 2 , bie Cuittung, bie Sie in ber 3 
 Öanb Ijaben. belieben Sie ju lefen 4 . 
 
 ©berft aieft). „3d) (Snbeäunterjeidjneter befenne 5 , 
 r>on bem Jperru Dberft Don Sorfignt) jmeitaufenb ßtorea,' 
 meldte idj feinem £errn Steffen Porgefdjoffen, [richtig] er= 
 Galten 5U fjaben 6 ". 
 
 3asmin. ßuer ©naben fefjen, ba% bie Quittung 
 richtig 7 ift. 
 
 ©berft. O fcollfommen richtig! ®a§ begreife, mer'3 
 !ann: mein SSerftanb ftef)t ftiü 8 . — Ser ärgfte ©auner in 
 ganj 9 ^ari§ ift Iranf unb fdjicft mir bie Quittung über 
 ba%, tt>a§ 10 mein jfteffe ifjm fdjutbig ift. 
 
 Cormeutl. SBietteidjt f erlägt tfjm ba§ ©emiffeu 11 . 
 
 ©berft. kommen Sie! kommen Sie, Sormeuit! 
 Suchen mir fjerau^ubringen 12 , ma£ un§ biefen angenehmen 
 ©mpfang berfdjafft — unb fjote ber Teufel 13 alle Notare, 
 Sutpetiere, Sßoftpferbe, ©etbmäfter unb $u£maä)erinnen! 
 
 Wäbt ab.) 
 
 I. in. 2. why, sir; well. 3. your. 4. be pleased to read it. 
 5. I, the undersigned, do hereby acknowledge. 6. the receipt of 
 two thousand francs, duly paid to me by order of Colonel D., 
 which I had lent to his nephew. 7. in proper order; all right; 
 perfectly correct. 8. let him that can comprehend it all; my wit 
 is at an end (I am at the end of my wits). 9. all. 10. for what . . . 
 II. perhaps his conscience smites him. 12. let us try to find out. 
 13. and may all the notaries ... go to Jericko. 
 
31 
 
 5rau pon Zfi'xvvilU. 5ran3 Dorfigny fommt cms 
 
 einem gimmer Kttfer §anb l mtb fiefyt fid) forgfäfttg um. 
 
 '5*. *>• 2TUrt>ilU (bort ber etttgegengefei§ten (Seite). 323 ie 
 unbefonnen ! 2)er Ottlel tt»ixb btn Slugenblicf 2 ba fein. 
 
 Sorfiguy. St6er fage mir bod), ma§ mit mir wer- 
 ben foil 3 ? 3ft affcS entbecft, unb meifs meine Xante, baf$ 
 iljr t»orge&lidf)er 9J?ann nur üir 9?effc mar? 
 
 5r. t>. Zrtirüille. 5ftidjt§ meifs man! SKtdjtS ift ent* 
 bedEt 4 ! 2)ie Xante ift nodj mit ber Sttobefjänblertn etnge- 
 fdjtoffen; ber Dnfel ftud6)t auf feine grau 5 — Jperr bou 
 Sormeuil ift ganj verblüfft 6 über bie fonberbare Slufnafjme, 
 unb id) mill fud^en/ bie ©ntmicflung, bie ntdjt mefjr lange 
 anfielen fann, fo' lange al§ möglid) ju berjögem 7 , bajs idj 8 
 ßeit getoinne, \>tn Dnfel 5U beinem SSorteil ju ftimmen 9 , 
 ober, menn'£ ntdjt anber§ ift 10 , bm ßormeutl in mid) toer^ 
 liebt ju madjen 11 — benn el) ■ idj jugebe, ba§ er bie ©ou* 
 fine fjeiratet 12 , neljm' tdj i(;n lieber felbft 13 . 
 
 I. on the left. 2, directly. 3. what shall (is to) become of 
 me. 4. nothing is known, nothing discovered. 5. vents his ill 
 humour (rage) by indulging in strong (bad) language about 
 his wife (to curse, to swear at ift Ijter ntdjt anraenbbar, ba ber 
 ®egenftanb be§ $oxnt% abmefenb ift). 6. quite taken aback by 
 (astonished, dumbfounded at; slang', flabbergasted at). 7. to 
 stave off (to delay) as long as possible the catastrophe which 
 can't be deferred much longer. 8. in order to . . .; that I may . . . 
 9. to bring uncle round in your favour (to your interest). 10. if 
 nothing else can be done; if the worst comes to the worst; if it 
 needs must be. II. to make L. fall in love with me. 12. sooner 
 than let him marry our ... 13. I would take him myself. 
 
— 32 - 
 
 Jtaeiter %nftttt. 
 
 Dorige. Valcoux. 
 
 Vale out cfommt f<$neCD. 2T(j fdjön, fdjön 1 , bafc id) bid) 
 Ijter finbe, Sorftgnt). gdj fjabe bir taufenb Sadden ju fagen 
 itnb in ber größten (£ile. 
 
 Dorfigny. £ol' ifjn ber Teufel 2 ! 2)er fommt mir 
 je£t gelegen 3 . 
 
 Dalcour. ®ie gnäbige grau barf bod) 4 — 
 
 T>orfigny. SSor 5 meiner Sdjmefter f)ab ? id) fein ©e^ 
 Ijeimni». 
 
 Palcour ($ur grau toon 3ttirtottte fid) roenbenb;. 2Bie frene 
 id} mid), meine ©näbtge, Sfjre 33efanntfd)aft gerabe in bicfcm 
 Slugenblide ju madden, mo id) fo glücflid) tt>ar 6 , 3§rem 
 Öerrn 33ruber einen mefentlidjen 3)ienft ju erzeigen! 
 
 Sorftgny. 2ßa§ f)öf id)? Seine Stimme! (giie&t 
 in ba£ Kabinett, too cr rjerau^gefommen.) 
 
 Dalcour (of)ne £>orftgnr;3 gtuc^t |u bewerfen, fä&rt fort). 
 Soßte id) jemals in btn gall fommen, meine ©näbige, Seiten 
 nü|lid) fein ju fönnen 7 , fo betrauten Sie rnicf) als Streit 
 ergebenden Siener. (@r bemerft m$t, ba§ inbei ber Oberft 2>or= 
 fignr; ^ereingefommen unb fid) an bcn $(a$ be§ anbern gefiettt r>at\) 
 
 dritter auftritt 
 Dorige. ©berft Dorftgny. Cormeuil. 
 
 (Dberft. 3a — biefe Sßeiber finb eine mafyre 9 ©e= 
 bulbprobe für if>re SJJänner. 
 
 I. ah! capital, excellent. 2. confound that fellow. 3. he does 
 turn up at a nice time for me. 4. I may speak in presence of Ma- 
 dam, I suppose. 5. from. 6. when I am so much favoured by 
 fortune as to be able to . . . 7. if I should ever happen to be 
 able to serve your Grace (to be of use to y. G.) 8. and taken 
 the place of. 9. really a ; a regular. 
 
Palcour (te$tt fia) um unb glaubt mit bem jungen 2>otflgnt> 
 au rcbcn 1 ). 3d) tooffte bir alfo fagen 2 , lieber ®orfigntj, bag 
 beut Dberfttteutenant nidjt tot ift. 
 
 ©berji Sftein Dberfttieutenant ? 
 
 Dalcour. 9ftit bem bu bie (Schlägerei gehabt Ijaft. 
 (£r Ijat an meinen greunb ßiancour fdfyreiben laffen 3 ; er 
 tagt bir fcottfommene ©ered£)tigfeit ttriberfaljren 4 unb belenut, 
 bag er ber Angreifer gemefen fei. Sie gamitte Ijat jtt)ar 6 
 fd)on angefangen, bidE) gertdjtlidj ju verfolgen 6 , aber ttrir 
 rootten atte§ antoenben 7 , bie <Sad£)e beizeiten ju unterbrüäen 8 . 
 $d(j fjabe midfj to§gemad)t 9 , bir biefe gute 9?aci)ridjt $u über* 
 bringen, unb mug gteidf) lieber ju meiner ©efettfdfjaft 10 . 
 
 ©berjt. ©efjr obligiert — aber — 
 
 Datcour. S)u lannft alfo gang rugig f deafen 11 . 
 SdE) 12 toad)e für bid), (ab.) 
 
 mttttx muf um. 
 
 5rau p. Zniroille. ©berji Dorfigny. £ormeutl. 
 
 <2)be rft. <Sage mir bodE), ttaS ber SRenfd) tritt 13 ? 
 
 5r. t>. ZI! iroilte. Ser SRenfdj ift berrücft 14 , ba& 
 feljen (Sie ja 15 . 
 
 (D ber ft. $)ie£ fdEjeint alfo eine (£pibemie ju fein, bie 
 alle SBelt 16 ergriffen fjat, feitbem idf) toeg bin 17 ; benn ba$ 
 
 I. thinks he is speaking with ... 2. well, then, I wanted 
 to tell you. 3. he has caused a letter to be written to . . . 4. he 
 does you complete justice. 5. it is true. 6. to proceed (to take 
 legal proceedings) against you. 7. we'll do our best; we'll try 
 every means in our power. 8. to put a stop to it forwith (to 
 them sc. proceedings) ; to nip the whole affair in the bud. 9. I've 
 got away. 10. and must at once get back again to my com- 
 pany (companions, friends). 11. no fear of any kind need there- 
 fore disturb your rest. 12. I shall. 13. what the fellow means. 
 14. crazy; crazed; (cracked, slang). 15. don't you see. 16. every- 
 body here. 17. since I went away. 
 
— 34 — 
 
 ift bet crftc S^arr ntdjt, bent id) feit einer falben ©tunbe 
 ^ier begegne 1 . 
 
 St. v. ZfixvvilU. ©ie muffen ben trocfenen ©mpfang 
 meiner Icnte nidjt fo fjod) aufnehmen 2 . SBenn öon Sßui^ 
 fachen bie fRebe ift 3 , fo barf man if)r mit nichts anberm 
 fommen 4 . 
 
 ©berft. 9?un, ©ott fei 2>anf! ia f)ör' id) bod) enblid) 
 [einmal] ein fcernünftige§ SBort! — ©o magft bu benn 5 bie 
 erfte fein, bie id) mit bem §errn Don Sormeuit belannt madje 6 . 
 
 £ormeuü. Sdj bin fef)r gtüdtid) 7 , mein grdutein, 
 ba§ id) mid) ber ©inmittigung S§re§ §errn SSater» erfreuen 
 barf 8 . — 2Iber biefe Gimxuttigung !ann mir 51t nidjtS fjelfen 9 , 
 menu nxdEjt bie Sljrtge — 
 
 berft. 9hm fängt beraub an! ipat bie allgemeine 
 Sftaferei and) bid) angeftecft 10 , armer greunb? Sein Som= 
 pliment ift ganj artig, aber bei meiner Softer, unb nid)t 
 bei meiner Sftidjte tjatte\t bu ba» anbringen foßen 11 . 
 
 Cormeuil. Vergeben Sie, gnäbige grau! ©ie fagen 
 ber Sefdjreibung fo tioltfommen ju 12 , bie mir §err bon 
 ®orfignt) bon meiner 33raut gemacht fjat 13 , ba% mein Srf= 
 tum tJerjeifjUd) ift. 
 
 5r. t>. ZHirüille. §ier lommt meine ©oufine, §err 
 non Sormeuil! 23etrad)ten ©ie fie red)t 14 , unb überjeugen 
 ©ie fid) mit Sfjren eigenen Slugen, ba$ fie aüe bie frönen 
 ©adjen fcerbient, bie ©ie mir jugebadjt Ijaben. 
 
 I. I've seen (met) here within the last half hour. 2. you 
 must not (should not) take the cold reception (the cool welcome) 
 so much to heart. 3. when matters of dress and millinery are 
 under consideration (on the tapis). 4. one must not trouble her 
 with anything else; one must leave her quite alone. 5. then. 
 6. to introduce to (to whom I present Mr. Lormeuil). 7. I greatly 
 rejoice; I am highly pleased. 8. to possess the . . . 9« can be 
 of no use to me. 10. to seize; to take hold of. II. you should 
 have paid it to . . . 12 you so thoroughly answer the description. 
 13. has given. 14. look at her closely (carefully). 
 
— 35 — 
 
 mm** »uTfrtft 
 
 Porige. Sophie. 
 
 Sophie. 93ttte taufenbmal um JBerseifjung 1 , befter 
 23ater, bafj id) ®ie fcorfjin fjabe fo fielen (äffen 2 , bie Sftama 
 rief mir, unb id£) mußte tfjrem 93efe(jl 3 geljordjen. 
 
 ©berft. Sftun, menn man nur feinen geiler 4 einfielt 
 unb ftd) entfdjulbigt — 
 
 Sophie. $1$), mein 33ater, mo finbe id) 6 SBorte, 
 Seiten meine f$reube, meine Sanfbarfeit au^ubrüden, baß 
 Sie in biefe Beirat ttuttigen 6 . 
 
 ©berft. @o, fo! gefällt fie bir, biefe §eirat? 
 
 Sophie. D gar fel)r 7 ! 
 
 ©berft aeife su SormeuiD. ®u fiefjft, ttne fie bid) fd)on 
 liebt, ofjne bid) ju fennen! £)a§ lommt öon ber fdjönen 
 Sefdjreibung, bie id) if;r öon bir gemadjt fyahe, tf) id) abreifte*. 
 
 Cormeuil. 3<i) bin S^nen fefjr öerbunben. 
 
 ©ber ft. ga, aber nun, mein ®inb, ttrirb e§ bod) 
 roofjl ßeit fein 9 , bafs id) micij nad) beiner SJhttter ein tnenig 
 umfefje 10 ; benn enbüdj werben mir bod) bie ^u^änblerinnen 
 s #(al3 machen, Ijoffe id) 11 . — Seifte bu inbe§ biefem §erm 
 ®efeßfd)aft 13 . ©r ift mein greunb, unb mid) fotP§ freuen 13 , 
 menu er balb aud) ber beinige nrirb — fcerftefjft bu? (3u 
 SormeuiD 3e£t frifd) baran — ba£ ift ber 2lugenblid 14 ! 
 Sud)e nod) fjeute ifjre Neigung ju gewinnen 15 , fo ift fie 
 
 I. I beg a thousand pardons. 2. for having left you so 
 unceremoniously a little while ago. 3. summons. 4. when one 
 sees one's fault. 5. how shall I find ... 6. that you consent 
 to . . . ; for consenting to . . . 7. oh, very much indeed. 8. be- 
 fore I left. 9. it is time, I think. 10. to look after ... a little. 
 11. for at last, I hope, the milliners will move off (sheer off, slang) 
 to make room for me. 12. meanwhile bear (keep) this gentleman 
 company. 13. I shall be glad. 14. now look sharp (alive), now 
 is your chance. 15. affection. 
 
- 36 — 
 
 morgen 1 beine grau. — (3u grau fco« attirtoUe.) ®ommt, 9Hd}te! 
 ©ie mögen e§ miteinanber aßein ausmachen 8 , cafc.) 
 
 $>tüflitt Buffriä* 
 Sophie. £ormeuil. 
 
 Sophie, ©ie werben alfo aud) bei ber ^o^ett fein 3 ? 
 
 £ormeuil. 3n, mein gräulein 4 — fie fd^eint gljtten 
 nid^t ju mifcfaEen, btefe §eirat? 
 
 Sophie. ©ie Ijat ben 95eifaQ meinet S3ater§. 
 
 Cormeuil. SBo$I1 2tber ma£ bie SSater beranftatten, 
 Ijat barum 5 ntdjt immer ben Söeifatt ber Softer. 
 
 Sophie. toa§ btefe §eirat betrifft 6 — bie ift 
 aud) ein menig meine 21nftatt 7 . 
 
 Corntcuil. SBie ba% s , mein gräuletn? 
 
 Sophie. Sttein SSater roar fo gütig, meine Neigung 
 um fftat ju fragen 9 . 
 
 £ormeuil. ©ie lieben alfo ben Sftann, ber Sitten 
 jum ©emaflt beftimmt 10 ift? 
 
 Sophie. 3d) berberg' e§ nid)t. 
 
 £ormeuil. SBie? unb fennen iljn ntdjt einmal? 
 
 Sophie. S^ bin mit t(jm erjogen morben 11 . 
 
 forme u iL ©ie mären 12 mit bem jungen ßormeuü 
 erjogen morben? 
 
 Sophie. 9Jlit bem §errn fcon Sormeuu. — Sftein! 
 
 £ormeuil. £)a§ ift aber gjjt beftimmter S3röutigam. 
 
 Sophie. Sö # ba% mar anfangt. 
 
 Cormeuil. SBie, anfangt? 
 
 I. and to-morrow she'll be. 2. they may settle it between 
 themselves alone. 3. shall you be at the wedding, too. 4. Miss 
 Dorsigny. 5. on that account; for that reason. 6. as regards. 7. it 
 is a little (partly) of my own arranging, too. 8. how so. 9. so 
 kind (good) as to consult. 10. who is to become your ... II. I was 
 brought up with him; we were brought up together. 12. were you . . . 
 
— 37 — 
 
 Sophie. S^ fefo &&& @ie nodfj nidf)t nriffen, mein 
 ©err — 
 
 Cormeuil. SftdjtS raeifj idf)! 5ftid()t ba§ ©eringfie 
 n>etfc tdf) 1 . 
 
 Sophie. @r ift tot. 
 
 Cormeuil. 28er ift tot? 
 
 Sophie. 2)er junge Jperr toon ßormeuü. 
 
 Cormcu«. SBtrHidf)? 
 
 Soptjie. ®anj gehnfj 2 . 
 
 Cormeuil. 2Ber §at Sfjnen gefagt, bafc er tot fei? 
 
 Sophie. SRein SSater! 
 
 Cormeuil. SKid)t bo<fy z , gräulein! 2)a§ lann ja 
 nid)t fein, ba$ ift nid)t möglidE). 
 
 Sophie. SRit Sfjrer (Srlaubntö, & ift! SRein SSater, 
 ber Don £oulon fommt 4 , muft e£ bod) befjer toiffen, al§ 
 ©ie 5 . S)iefer junge Sbelmann belam auf einem S3aHe 
 §änbel 6 , er fd)lug fidf) 7 unb erhielt brei ©egenftidfje [burdE) 
 ben ßeib], 
 
 £ormettil. ®a£ ift gefafjrlid). 
 
 5opt|ie. Satoof)!, er ift autf) baran 8 geftor6en. 
 
 Cormeuü. @3 beliebt Sfjnen, mit mir ju fd§erjen, 
 gnäbige§ graulein! Sftiemanb lann $ljnen öom §errn öon 
 ßormeuil beffere 2tu§funft geben, aU idfj! 
 
 Sophie. 2I1£ @ie! ®a§ toäre bodö luftig 9 . 
 
 Cormeuü. Sa, mein graulein, al§ tdf)! Senn, um 
 e£ auf einmal {jerauäjufagen 10 — idfj felbft bin biefer ßor* 
 mcuil unb bin nidjt tot, foiriet id) toeifj. 
 
 Sophie. @ie toären 11 £err öon ßormeuil? 
 
 I. not the least thing do I know. 2. most certainly. 3. surely 
 not. 4. who has just arrived from ... 5. than you, I think (I 
 suppose). 6. had a quarrel; got himself mixed up in a quarrel. 
 7. he fought a duel. 8. in consequence; of (from) them (sc. sword- 
 thrusts). 9. that would indeed be amusing. 10. to cut the matter 
 short; to speak quite plainly. 1 1, you are. 
 
— 38 — 
 
 Cormeuif. Shin, für toen gelten Sie mtdj beim fonft 1 ? 
 
 Sophie, gür einen Steunb meinet S3ater£ 2 , ben er 
 ju meiner §od)5eit eingelaben. 
 
 £ormeuü. @ie galten atfo immer nodE) ipodjjeit 3 , 
 ob tdE) gteidf) 4 tot bin? 
 
 Sophie. $a freilief) 5 ! 
 
 £ormcuiI. Unb mit tuem benn, roenn idj fragen barf? 
 
 Sophie. 2Kit meinem ©oufin Sorftgnt). 
 
 Cormeuil. 2lber S^ r £ err SS^iter nnrb botf) auty 
 ein Sßort babei mitjufpredfjen fjaben 6 ? 
 
 Sopfjte. 2)a£ §at er, ba§ berfteljt ftdj! @r Ijat ja 
 feine (Stmtrittigung gegeben. 
 
 Eormeuil. SSann {jatf er fie gegeben 7 ? 
 
 Sophie. @ben jejjt — ein paar 2tugenbticfe öor 
 S§rer Stniunft. 
 
 Cormeuil. 3d) bin ja aber mit i§m äugleid) 8 ge= 
 lommen. 
 
 Sophie. Sftidjt bodE), mein §err! SRein SSater ift 
 fcor 3$nen angefommen. 
 
 £ormeuil (an ben $opf greifen*» 9 . 9ftir fdf)tt)inbett lü — 
 e§ mirb mir breljenb t>or ben Bugen 11 . — Stebeä Sßort, 
 ba§ ©ie fagen, fejjt mid) in ©rftaunen — 3§re Sßorte in 
 Sfjren 12 , mein gräufein, aber hierunter mufc ein ®efjeimni£ 
 ftetfen 13 , ba§ idj nid)t 14 ergrünbe. 
 
 Sophie. Sßie, mein iperr — füllten Sie 15 mirflid) 
 im Srnft gefprodjjen E)a6en? 
 
 I. well, whom else did you take me for. 2. of my father's. 
 3. and you intend to proceed (go on) with the wedding. 4. al- 
 though. 5. of course, I do. 6. will have a word to speak (to 
 say something) on the subject, I suppose. 7. when did he give 
 it; when did he do so. 8. at the same time with him. 9. holding 
 his head with his hands. 10. I feel quite giddy (dizzy). II. the 
 whole world is going round with me. 12. with due deference to 
 what you say. 13. there must be seme mystery at the bottom of 
 this. 14. I cannot ... 15. have you. 
 
— 39 — 
 
 Cormeuil. 3m botten, ^öd^ften (grnft 1 , mein grau- 
 lein — 
 
 Sophie. Sie mären 2 ttnrflidf) ber £err bon Sor- 
 menu? — Stfein (Sott, n>a£ ^aV td) ba gemalt 3 . — Sßie 
 trerbe idf) meine Unbefonnenljeit 4 — 
 
 Cormeuil. Saffen (Sie ftdE)'§ nidjt leib fein 6 , gräu= 
 lein — gljre Neigung ju Syrern Setter ift ein Umftanb, 
 ben 6 man lieber bor at§ nadj ber 7 Jpeirat erfährt. 
 
 Sopfpe. SIber id^ 8 begreife ntd)t — 
 
 CormeuiL !gd) tpiH ben §errn bon SDorftgntj auf= 
 fud^en 9 — bietteitf)t löft er mir ba£ Jftfitfcl. — SBie e§ fid) 
 aber and) immer löfen mag 10 , gräutein, fo fotten @ie mit 
 mir jnfrieben fein 11 , fjoff idf). cafe). 
 
 Sophie. (£r fdEjeint ein fefjr artiger -äftenfd) — nnb 
 menn man mid) nid£)t jmingt, ifjn ju heiraten, fo foil e§ 
 midE) red£)t feljr freuen 12 , ba% er nidjt erftodfjen 13 ift. 
 
 %\tbtxdtt Auftritt 
 
 Sophie. ©berft. $vau von ©orftgny- 
 
 Sx. t>. Dorfigny. Sa§ nn£ allein 14 , Sophie, (eoj>§ie 
 gc^t ab 15 .) 2Bie, 2)orfignty, (Sie fönnen mir in£ 2lngefidt)t be- 
 Raupten 16 , bafy @ie nid)t furj borfjin 17 mit mir gefprodjen 
 fjaben? 9?un ttaljrfjaftig, toetdjer anbere als @ie 18 , ai§ 
 ber §err biefeS §anfe§, als ber SSater meiner Softer, al§ 
 
 I. in real, perfect earnestness. 2. are. 3. what have I done. 
 4. how can I (shall I) [make amends for] my imprudence. 5. do 
 not let that trouble you (in the least) ; never mind that. 6. some- 
 thing which ... 7. much rather before than after. 8. but I 
 can't ... 9. I'll try to find; I'll go and seek ... 10. but let 
 it be solved as it may;, but whatever be the solution of this mys- 
 tery. II. you will be . . . 12. I shall be very glad. 13. killed 
 (run through with a sword). 14. leave us (alone). 15. retires. 
 16. you can tell me to my face. 17. a little while ago. 18. who 
 else but you. 
 
— 40 — , 
 
 mein (Semaljt enblid), ijatte ba% tfjun fönnen 1 , maS ©ie 
 traten? 
 
 0b er ft. 23a£ Teufel §ätte icf) 2 benn getfjan? 
 
 St. t>. Dorfigny. SRufc td) ©ie baran erinnern? 
 SSBie? ©ie miffen nid)t meljr, ba§ ©ie erft öor furjem 8 
 mit unfrer £odf)ter gefprodjen, bafc ©ie iljre Neigung ju 
 unferm Neffen entbecft Jjaben, unb bafc mir ein§ morben 
 finb, fie il)m jur grau §u geben 4 , fobalb er mirb ange* 
 lommen fein 5 . 
 
 Ober ft. $d) meifc ntd^t — -äftabame, ob ba£ atte^ 6 
 nur ein £raum Sljrer @inbilbung§!raft ift, ober ob mirfUdj 
 ein anberer in meiner Slbroefenfjett meinen Sßtafc einge* 
 nommen §at. 3ft ba£ le&tere, fo maf§ Ijofje $eit, bafj id) 
 !am 7 . — ÜDiefer jemanb fd^Iägt meinen @d)ttriegerfofjn tot, 
 Verheiratet meine £od£)ter unb ftid)t mtd) au§ bei meiner 
 grau 8 , unb meine grau unb meine Sodjter laffen fiä) ; § 
 beibe ganj öortrefftid) gefallen 9 . 
 
 5r. r>. Dorfigny. SSeXd^e Serftodung! — Sn SBa^r* 
 f)eit, iperr bon 2)orfignt), id£) meifc mid) in ^Ijr Setragen 
 nid)t ju finben 10 . 
 
 ©berft. 3d) toerbe nidjt ftug au£ bem Sfjrigen 11 . 
 
 Brfjier Huffcttt 
 Dorige. 5*au *>on ZTCirxnlle. 
 
 $r. ». ZHirptlle. XaijV ify'Z bod), ba§ iü) ©ie beibe 
 tüürbe 12 beifammen finben. — SBarum gleichen bodj nid)t 
 
 I. could have done ... 2. what on earth have I . . . 3. not 
 many minutes ago. 4. to give her to him in marriage; to let him 
 marry her; to marry her to him. 5. as soon as he arrives. 6. all 
 this. 7. if the latter, (in the latter case) it was high time for me 
 to come. 8. cuts me out (supplants me) in my wife's affection 
 (regard, love). 9. quietly agree to (acquiesce in) it; are both 
 perfectly content with it; don't object to it in the least; seem 
 both to like it uncommonly. 10. I don't know what to make of. 
 11. I can't understand yours. 12. I thought I should . . . 
 
— 41 — 
 
 alle §au3!jaltungen bet Sfjrigen? 9He Sani unb (Streit 1 ? 
 Smmer ein ©erj unb eine ©eete! 2)a§ ift erbaulid) 2 ! 
 2)a§ ift bodfj ein SSeifptel 3 ! S)ie Sante ift gefällig tt>ie ein 
 Ginget, unb. ber Dnlel gebutbig mie £iob. 
 
 ©berft. Sßafjr gefprodf)en 4 , 9Hd)te! — 9Ran mu| 
 §iob£.®ebuIb Ijaben tt»ie idf), um fie bei folgern ©efd)tt>a£ 5 
 nic^t ju berlieren. 
 
 $r. v. 2) or fig ny. $)ie Sftidjte fjat recftt, man muß 
 fo gefällig fein tote idj 6 , um fotdje Albernheiten ju ertragen. 
 
 ©fcerft. Sftun, -JRabame! Unfere Sftidjte Ijat mid(j feit 
 meinem ipierfein faft nie berlaffen 7 . SSBotten mir fie jum 
 @d)ieb§rid)ter 8 nehmen? 
 
 St. v. Dorfigny. Sä) bin'S öoKfommen jufrieben 
 unb unterwerfe midj tl)rem ?Iu§fprucf). 
 
 St. v. ZMtvilU. SBotoon ift bie 9tebe 9 ? 
 
 St. D. Dorfignv- ©teile bir öor 10 , mein 9Jiann 
 unterfteljt fiel), mir iu§ ©efiäjt ju behaupten, ba§ er'§ nid&t 
 gemefen fei, ben 11 id) fciorljin für meinen SJiann fjielt. 
 
 5r. v. mitvilU. 3f« mögtid)? 
 
 ©berft. ©teile bir bor, SftidE)te, meine grau miß 
 midfj glauben madden 12 , baß idj Ijier, fjier in biefem 3immer, 
 mit ifpc gefprocljen fjaben foil 18 , in bemfetben StugenblidEe, 
 roo 14 idj mid) auf ber Souloner ^oftftrafce f Rütteln ließ 15 . 
 
 5r. p. ZniroilU. 2)a§ ift ja ganj unbegreiflich, 
 ' Dnfet, — f)ier muß ein 9ftiffterftänbni£ fein 16 . — Saffen 
 ©ie mid) ein paar XBorte mit ber Xante reben. 
 
 I. never any quarrel (dissension) or dispute. 2. this is com- 
 forting (quite refreshing). 3. an example for others. 4. quite 
 true; truly said. 5. when listening to such rubbish (idle talk, 
 senseless prattle). 6. as indulgent (kindly disposed) as I am. 
 7. has sarcely left me since my return. 8. as umpire (arbitress). 
 9. what is it all about. 10. just imagine. II. that it was not 
 he whom ... 12. would (wants to) make me believe. 13. that 
 I had spoken ... 14. at the very moment that ... 1 5. I was 
 jolted. 16. there must be a misunderstanding somewhere. 
 
— 42 — 
 
 ©ber ft. @ie§, mie bu ifjr ben ®opf juredfytfe^eft 1 , 
 memf£ tnöglid^ ift; aber e§ mirb fd^tner fatten 2 . 
 
 5r. t>. Znirrtlle (tetfe §ur grau uon Sorftgffl?). Siebe 
 £ante, ba§ atte§ ift mofjt nur 8 ein (Sdjerj Don bent Dnfet. 
 
 5r. p. Dorfigny cebenfo). g^etli^ mofjt, er müßte 
 ja rafenb fein, fotdjeä $eug im ©ruft ju behaupten 4 
 
 5r. r>. Znirsille. SBiffen @ie ma§? SBejaljlen Sie 
 i^n mit gleicher 9)Jünje 5 — geben ©ie'S i(jm ^etm 6 ! — 
 Saffen ©ie ifjn fugten, baft Sie fitf) nidjt jum beften fjaben 
 (äffen 7 . 
 
 5r. t>. Dorfigny. SJufjaftredjt. Safjmid) nur machen 8 ! 
 
 ©berft. SBtrb^batb 9 ? Sefet, benf idj, mär'3 genug 10 . 
 
 5r. t>. Dorfigny (fpotttoctfe). Samof)l iff 8 genug, 
 mein §err — unb ba e§ bie ©djutbigfeit ber fjrau ift, nur 
 burdj 11 il)re§ 99?anne§ Singen ju fe^en, fo erfenn' idj meinen 
 Irrtum unb mitt mir atte§ etnbüben 12 , ma§ Sie motten. 
 
 ©berft. Söiit bem fpötttfdjen Son fommen mir ntc^t 
 weiter 13 . 
 
 $v. d. Dorfignv. 0(jne ©roll 14 , §err Don ®or= 
 fignfc)! «Sie fjaben auf 15 meine llnf often getagt, .itf) ladje 
 jefct auf bie Sjjrigen, unb fo fjeben mir gegeneinanber auf 16 . 
 — 3d) §a6e jefct einige 95efudE)e ju geben 17 . SGSenn id) 
 5urücffomme unb S()nen ber fpaftfjafte §umor Vergangen ift, 
 fo fönnen mir ernftfjaft miteinanber reben. (ab.) 
 
 I. try (endeavour) to bring her to reason. 2. that won't be 
 an easy task. 3. all this is most likely only ... 4. he could 
 not assert such nonsense in real earnest, unless he were crazy (a 
 little cracked). 5. pay him in his own coin; repay him in kind. 
 6. give him tit for tat; return him like for like; retaliate upon 
 him. 7. that you won't submit being made game (a fool) of. 
 8. just leave it to me. 9. well, have you done. 10. it's enough 
 now, I think. II. with. 12. believe. 13. that ironical tone of 
 yours won't do. 14. without any animosity; without the slightest 
 ill feeling. 15. at. 16. and so we are quits. 17. I've now some 
 calls to make (some visits to pay). 
 
— 43 — 
 
 ©bet ft Qiir grau bon smrbiae). Sßerftefjft bit ein 1 Sort 
 öon altem, n>a§ fie ba fagt? 
 
 5r. v. Zfiixvxlle. 3d) t^erbe nidjt Hug barau£ 2 . 
 ?(&er id} roiff i(jr folgen unb ber ©adje auf ben ©runb 511 
 fommeu fucfyen 8 . cab.) 
 
 ©ber ft. £fju ba£, menu bu ttrißft. 3d) geb' e£ rein 
 auf 4 -— fo ganj toff unb närrifct) 5 fjab' idj fie nod) 6 nie 
 gefe^en. 2)er Seufet mu§ in meiner SCbmefenfjeit meine 
 ®eftalt . angenommen l)aben 7 , um mein §au8 unterft 511 
 oberft 5u fefjreu 8 , anber§ begreif id)'8 nidjt. 
 
 »nmfer Auftritt 
 
 ©berft Dorfigny. Champagne ein roentg betrunfen 9 . 
 
 Champagne. $ftun, ba£ mufc ftafjr fein! — §ier 
 lebt fid>'£ ttie im 2ßirt§f)au§ 10 . — 2tber »0 Seufel ftecfen 
 fie benn alle? 11 — Seine lebenbige Seele fjab' id) meljr 12 
 gefef)en, feitbem id) al£ Kurier ben Särm angerichtet Ijabe 13 . 
 
 — SDod), fief) ba, mein gnäbiger §err 14 , ber Hauptmann. 
 
 — 3d) tnu§ bod) fjören, tnie unfere ©adjen fteljen. (3tta$t 
 gegen ben Oberft 3eid)en be§ SßerftänbmffeS unb täfelt felbfigefätttg.) 
 
 ©berft. 2Ba£ Scufcl! 3ft \>a% nid)t ber @d)elm, 
 ber ©Kampagne? — 2Bie fommt ber Ijiefjer, unb toai to'iü 
 ber (Efel 15 mit feinen einfältigen ©rtmaffen? 
 
 (Champagne ame oben). 5Run, nun, gnäbiger iperr? 
 
 1. one. 2. I can't make it out at all. 3. and try to get at 
 the bottom of the whole affair. 4. I give it up altogether. 5. so 
 out-and-out silly (mad) and foolish. 6. before. 7. must have 
 assumed my shape. 8. to turn my house topsy turvy (upside 
 down). 9. a little tipsy (half-seas-over, slang). 10. one lives here 
 as jolly as in a public house. II. but where the dickens (deuce, 
 devil) are they all. 12. not a living soul have I . . . 13. since 
 I made the noise; (since I kicked up the row; slang, aber ber 
 <E:prad)e bes £>tener§ entfpredjenb). 14. my gracious master. 
 15. what does the idiot (fool, jackass) want. 
 
. — 44 — 
 
 ©berjt. 3$ glaube, ber ®ert ift Jbefoffcn. 
 Champagne. 9hm, tt)a§ fagen ©ie? $aV ic§ meine 
 Stoffe nicfyt gut gefpiett? 
 
 ©berjl (für fldfrx ©eine Sftoffe? 3$ merle etoaS 1 
 
 — Sa, Sreunb Kampagne, nid)t übel 2 . 
 
 Champagne. Sftidfjt übel! 2Ba£? Bum ©ntjücfen 
 Ijabe tdfj fte gefpiett Wiit meiner $eitfd(je unb ben Surier* 
 fttefeln, fafj id^ nid^t einem ganjen 5ßoftiffon gleidf) 8 ? SBie? 
 
 ©berft. $a! ja! (p^o S33et§ ber Seufei, ttmS 
 id) tfjm antworten foil 4 . 
 
 (Champagne, Sfom, tpte ftefjt'£ brinnen 6 ? 2Bie tteit 
 ftnb ©ie je&t 6 ? 
 
 ©ber ft SBie weit id) bin — ttue'S ftefjt — nun, 
 bu lannft bir leidet fcorfieHen, nrie'§ fteljt. 
 
 Champagne. Sie §eirat ift richtig, n:d)t toafpc 7 ? 
 
 — ©ie fjaben als SSater bie ©inttrittigung gegeben? 
 
 ©berjt. Sa. 
 
 Champagne. Unb morgen treten ©ie in Sfjter 
 magren $erfon aU Siebfjaber auf. 
 
 ©berjl (für ft*). @£ ift ein ©treid) Don meinem Neffen 8 ! 
 
 Champagne. Unb heiraten bie SBitoe be§ iperrn 
 bon Sormeuil — SBitroe! £aljafja! — 2)ie SBitoe bon 
 meiner ©rfmbung 9 . 
 
 ©ber ft. SBorüber larfjft bu? 
 
 (Champagne. 2>a£ fragen ©ie? 3d) lad^e über 
 bie ©eftcfjter, bie ber eljrtidje Dnfel fdjneiben nrirb, wenn 
 er in trier 2Bod)en jurüdfommt unb ©ie mit 10 feiner £od(jter 
 oerfjeiratet finbet. 
 
 I. I begin to see; (oh, I twig, slang). 2. very well; not 
 badly. 3. didn't I look quite the postilion. 4. devil a bit do 
 I know what to answer him ; I'll be hanged , if I know ... 
 
 5. how do matters stand in there; how do we get on in there. 
 
 6. how far have you got by this time. 7. is all right, isn't it 
 (ain't it). 8. of my nephew's. 9. of my invention (making). 
 10. to; with. 
 
— 45 — 
 
 ©berft (für fidj). 3d) möd)te rafenb werben 1 . 
 
 Champagne. Unb ber 93räutigam t)on Xouton, ber 
 mit ifjm angejogen fommt 2 unb einen anbern 3 in feinem 
 tiefte finbct — ba§ ift fjimmtifcf)! 
 
 Ob et ft. Qum ©ntjücfen 4 ! 
 
 Champagne. Unb wem f)aben Sie affe§ ba§ 6 ju 
 banfen? Syrern treuen Champagne! 
 
 ©berft. Sir? SBtefo? 
 
 Champagne. Sftun. wer fonft §at Sitten beim ben 
 3int gegeben 6 , bie ^erfon 3()re£ Dnlctö ju fpielen 7 ? 
 
 ©berft (für fid)). Jpa, ber ©djurfe! 
 
 Champagne. 316er ba3 ift jum ©rftaunen 8 , Wie 
 ©ic Syrern Dnfel |bod)] fo äf)nüdj fefyen! 3d} würbe ba* 
 rauf fdjmören 9 , er fei e§ felbft, wenn id) i§n nidjt fjunbert 
 ÜRetlen weit toon un§ 10 wüßte. 
 
 ©ber ft (für fia)). Sftein ©d)etm toon Sfteffe 11 madfjt 
 einen frönen ©ebraud) toon meiner (Seftatt 12 . 
 
 Champagne. 9?ur ein wenig ju ättüd) fefjen @ie 
 auö 13 — 3() r önfel ift ja fo äiemlid) toon $ljren So^en; 
 ©ie Ratten uid()t nötig gehabt, fxdE> fo gar alt ju machen 14 . 
 
 ©ber ft. SReinft bu? 
 
 Champagne. ®ocf) tva% tfjut'ä 15 ! Sft er boä) nidjt 
 ha 16 , baft man eine SSergteidjung anftetten fönnte. — Unb 
 
 I. I could go mad; it's enough to drive a fellow mad. 
 2. who comes along with him. 3. another bird. 4. delicious; 
 delightful. 5. for all this. 6. who else advised you. 7. to per- 
 sonate your ... 8. astonishing. 9. I could have sworn. 10. from 
 here. II. that scamp (rascal) of a nephew of mine. 12. a nice 
 (pretty) use of his likeness to me. 13. you look only a little bit 
 oldish. 14. you need not have made yourself quite so old; (there 
 was no need for you to get yourself up like an old fogey [fogie, 
 fogy], slangu 15. but what does it matter; (but what's the odds, 
 slang). 16. as long as he isn't here. 
 
40 — 
 
 ein ©lücf für un8 l , bafj ber Sitte 2 uid)t ba ift. @& ttmrbe 
 un§ fd^lecf>t befommen 3 , tuenn er surücffäme. 
 
 ©berji. (£r ift junic! gekommen. 
 
 Champagne. SBte? 2Ba£? 
 
 ©ber ft. ®r ift surücfgelommen, fag' id). 
 
 Champagne. Um ®otte§tt)ilten 4 , unb ©ie ftefjeu 5 
 t)ier? @ie bleiben rufjig? Sfjun ©te, roa£ @ie molten — 
 helfen @ie fid), rote @ie fönnen — tdj fudfje ba% SBette 6 . 
 
 mm fort 7 ). 
 
 ber ft. 93leib, @d)urle! smeifadjer 8 Jpatunfe, bleib! 
 2)a3 alfo 9 finb beute frönen Srfinbungen, |>err ©djurfe? 
 
 (Champagne. SBie, gnöbiger §err, ift ba£ mein 2)anl? 
 
 ©ber ft. Söteib, ^alunle! Sßafjrlid), meine grau 
 (§ter mac§t (£I)am£agtte eine SBeroegung be§ e^rerfenS 10 ) ift bie Närrin 
 nidjt, für bie idj fie fjiett 11 — unb einen folgen ©dolmen- 
 ftreidj follte id) fo Ijingefjen laffen 12 ? — S^etn, ®ott ber= 
 bamm' mid) 13 , menu id) nid)t auf ber (Stelle meine fcotte 
 9iad&e bafür neunte. — @£ ift nod) nid)t fo fpät. 3d) eile 
 ju meinem Sfotar. %<§ bring' itjn mit 14 . Sftodf) fjeute nadjt 
 betratet SormeutI meine Xodjter. — Sdj überrafdje meinen 
 Steffen — er muß [mir] ben Jpeirat§fontraft feiner 93afe 
 nod) felbft mit unterjei^nen. — Unb ttm§ bid) betrifft 15 , 
 §atunle — 
 
 Champagne. 3d), gnöbiger Jperr, id) miß mit unter* 
 
 I. and lucky for us. 2. that the old chap (cove, slang). 
 3. we should catch it; we should get it hot and strong. 4 for 
 heaven's sake; good heavens. 5. stay; remain. 6. I make myself 
 scarce; Til cut my stick; (betbe§ ftnb s/ang-yLu$bxiide, aber $an3 
 paffenb ^ter); I'll be off directly. 7. about to go. 8. double-dis- 
 tilled; compound; out-and-out. 9. these then ... 10. here Ch. 
 gives a start. II. is not the fool I took her for; is not so foolish 
 as I thought. 12. and I should permit such a rascally trick (such 
 knavery, roguery) to go unpunished. 13. curse me. 14. with me. 
 15. and as for you. 
 
— 47 — 
 
 ^eidjnen 1 — id) mill auf bcr $od)jeit mittanjen, menu 
 <5ie'§ befehlen. 
 
 ©berft. 3ttf ©djurfe, id) mitt bid) ianjeu madjen! 
 — Unb bie Cuittung über bie tjunbert 5piftolen, merF id) 
 je£t mofjl 2 , fjabe id) aud) nirf)t ber (S^rtic^Ieit be§ 3Bud)erer£ 
 31t öerbanfen. — 3« meinem ©lud §at ber 5utt>elier 33an* 
 ferott gemalt. — 9ttein £augenidjt§ t»on 9f effe begnügte 
 \\d) nidjt 3 , feine ©cfyulben mit meinem (Selbe 51t bejahen; 
 er mad)t audj nodj neue auf meinen ®rebit 4 . — @d)on 
 gut 5 ! — ©r foff mir bafür bejahten! Unb bu, e^rticfjer 
 ©efett, redjne auf eine tüdjtige 93elofjnung. — @§ tf;ut mir 
 leib, baf$ td) meinen ©tocf nidjt bei 6 mir Ijabe; aber auf* 
 gefdjoben ift nid)t aufgehoben 7 . (ab.) 
 
 Champagne. 3d) faüe au3 ben SSolfen 8 ! 9J£uf$ 
 biefer fcertnünfdjte Dnfet aud) gerabe je£t jurüdfommen unb 
 mir in bzn SBeg laufen 9 , red)t auäbrücIUd), um mid) ptau* 
 bern ju madjen 10 . — 3d) ®f^ &<*& id) ifjm audj erjagen 
 mußte 11 . — 30f wenn id) nod) wcntflftcnS ein ®la§ ju toiel 
 getrunfen f)ätte 12 . — ?lber fo 13 ! 
 
 3t\{Xd*x mufftttt. 
 Champagne. 5*<*us Dorfiguy- 5*<*u *>• 2Titrütlle. 
 
 5r. r>. 2Ttir utile (fommt fadjte Verbot 14 unb fam$t in tie 
 ©cene surücf 15 ). 3)a§ Selb ift rein 16 — bu fannft l)erau3s 
 fommen — e§ ift niemanb f)ier al§ ©Kampagne. 
 
 I. I will sign it, too; I'll sign it along with him. 2. I now 
 see well enough. 3. is (was) not content. 4. he runs up new ones 
 on my score (and has them put down to my account). 5. very good; 
 all right. 6. with. 7. but forbearance is no acquittance; a day 
 of reckoning will surely come. 8. I fall from the clouds; (I'm struck 
 all of a heap, slang). 9. and cross my path (way). 10. to make 
 me blab. II. what an ass (a jackass) I was to tell him all; what 
 I fool I must have been to . . . 12. if, at least, I had taken a drop 
 too much. 13. but as it is. 14. appears cautiously (softly) on the 
 stage. 15. speaking into the side-scene. 16. the cc\ast is cl^r. 
 
_ -48 — - 
 
 Dorfigny (tritt ein). 
 
 Champagne de^rt ftc^ um unb fafyct sutüd 1 , t>a et i§n cr- 
 bücft 2 ). SRein (Sott, ba lommt er fc^on [mieber] jurücf! 
 Se^t roirb^ to§gefjen 3 . (6t# $orftgni? $u gügen toerfenb). ©arm* 
 fjerjigfeit, gndbiger §err! ©nabe — (Snabe einem ormeu 
 ©d)etm 4 , ber ja unfdjulbig — bet e£ freiüd) öerbient Ijatte — 
 
 Dorfigny. 2Sa§ foil benn ba§ fcorftetten 5 ? @tel) 
 auf! S^ ^iß bir ja nid)t§ juteibe tfjun 6 . 
 
 Champagne. ®te tuoKen mir nid)t£ tfjun, gnäbiger 
 iperr — 
 
 Dorfigny. 9Jiem ©ott, nein! ©anj im ©egentett, 
 id) bin redjt toofjt mit bir jufrieben, ia bu beine fRoUe fo 
 gut gefpiett ijaft 7 . 
 
 (Champagne (erfemtt ü)n). 2Bie, §err, ftnb ©ie'3? 
 
 ©orfigny. Sreilid) bin \6)%. 
 
 Champagne. 2td) ©ott 8 ! SBiffen Sic, U§ ^x 
 Dnfei Ijter ift? 
 
 Sorfigny. $d) tt>ei§ e§. 2Ba§ benn weiter 9 ? 
 
 Champagne. Sd) fjab' i£)n gefefjen, gndbiger §err. 
 3d) f)ab' ifjn angerebet — id) badete, @ie tt)ären'£ 10 ; idj 
 fjab' iljm atte£ gefagt, er tteiß atte§. 
 
 5r. r>. tnirDtlle. Unfinniger! ma§ Ijaft bu getJjan? 
 
 Champagne. Sann id) bafür 11 ? Sie fefjen, ba$ 
 id) eben \t%t ben Neffen für ben önfet genommen — tff3 
 ju berttmnbern 12 , ba§ id) ben Dnfet für ben Neffen nafjm? 
 
 Dorfigny. 28a§ ift ju machen 13 ? 
 
 1. starts back. 2. at seeing him. 3. now for the row; there 
 it goes; now for the blessed (blooming) shindy (slang -5hi§brücfe 
 in guter ©efeüfdjaft unftattrjaft, aber paffenb im SDhmbe eme§ 6e= 
 trunfenen Gebleuten). 4. have pity on (mercy upon) a poor devil. 
 5. what's the meaning of all this. 6. I don't want to do you any 
 harm. 7. for having played ... so well. 8. oh, dear me. 9. well, 
 what of that. 10. it was you. 1 1. is it my fault; can I help it. 
 12. is it to be wondered at. 13. what's to be done now. 
 
— 49 — 
 
 5r. v. Zfiirt>ille. 3)a ift \t%t fein anberer 9tat ; al^ 1 
 auf ber ©telle ba% §au3 ju bertaffen. 
 
 ©orfigny. SXber tocnn er meine ©oufine sttringt, ben 
 Sormeml ju fyirattn — 
 
 5r. t>. ZHir tulle. SDatoon molten ttrir morgen 
 reben! 3e£t fort 2 , gefd)ttrinb! ba s ber 2Beg nodj fret ift. 
 (@te füljrt il)n &i§ an tie Wintere £l)ür 4 ; eben ba er §tnau§ nriü 5 , 
 tritt Sormeuit au§ berfefljen Ijerein iljm entgegen, ber il)n jurücffjält 
 nnb toieber fcortoärtS füijrt). 
 
 mruv Kuftrttt. 
 
 Die Porigen. Cormeuil. i 
 
 Cormeuil. ©inb @ie'§? 3d) fu d)te @ie eben. 
 
 5r. p. ZHirpillc ö&etmttdj $u Sorfign^) (£3 ift ber §err 
 Don Sormeuil. @r tjätt bid£) für ben Dnfel. ®i& if)trt fo* 
 balb als möglid) feinen Stbfdjteb 7 . 
 
 Cormeuil ($ur gran oon gJWttoiac). ©ie fcertaffen un£, 
 gnäbige grau? 
 
 5r. r>. Xfiirinlle. SBerjei^en ©ie, §err Don SormeuU. 
 Sdj &in 8 fogteidj mieber Ijier. (®efjt ab; Kampagne fotgt.) 
 
 JhrölfJs* »uTJrt«. 
 
 Cormeuil. 5*an3 Sorfigny. 
 
 Cormeuil. Sie merben fid) erinnern, baß @ie mid) 
 mit 3§rer gräulein Stouter borf)tn allein gelaffen fjaben? 
 
 2>orfigny. Sdj erinnere mid) ? 3 9 . 
 
 Cormeuil. ©ie ift feljr li,eben£ttmrbig ; ifyx SBeftfe 10 
 ttriirbe mid) jum gtücflid)ften SWanne 11 madjen. 
 
 I. the only thing to be done now is . . . 2. now, off with 
 you. 3. while. 4. to the door at the back (of the stage). 5. just 
 as he is going out. 6. L. , entering by the same, stops him. 
 7. give him his conge ... 8. I shall be. 9, yes, I do. 10. to 
 possess her. II. the happiest of men. 
 
— 50 — 
 
 ©orfigny. 3$ glaub' eS. 
 
 Cormeuil. Slber id) muft @ie bitten, tljrer Neigung 
 leinen Stt^ng anäutfjun 1 . 
 
 3)orftgiiY. SBte ift ba§? 
 
 Cormcuil. ©ie ift ba£ lieben§ttuirbigfte ®inb bon 2 
 ber SBelt, baZ ift gemi§! Stber @ie Ijaben mir fo oft Don 
 Syrern Steffen granj SDorfignt) gefyrocfjen. — (£r liebt 3§re 
 Sodjter! 
 
 Sorfigny. Sft DoS ttmljr? 
 
 Cormeuil. SBie icf) 3()nen fage 3 , intb er ttirb toie^ 
 ber geliebt. 
 
 Dorfigny. SBer Ijat Sljnen ba% gefagt? 
 
 Cormeuil. Sfjre Sodjter felbft 4 . 
 
 3>orfigny. Sßa§ ift ober ba ju tljun? — 333a£ 
 raten Sie mir, §err Don Sormeuil? 
 
 Cormeuil. ©in guter SSater ju fein. 
 
 Dorfigny. SBie? 
 
 Cormeuil. ©ie f)aben mir fjnnbertmal 5 gejagt, ba& 
 ©ie Streit Neffen nrie einen ©ofjn liebten. — 9Jun benn, fo 
 geben ©ie ibm 3§re STocfyter! aftadjen ©ie S^c beiben 
 ®inber gtücfürf). 
 
 Dorfigny. 2t6er ma§ foil benn au§ Sfjnen merben? 
 
 Cormeuil. 2lu§ mir? — 2Kan rotU micf) nidjt 
 Ijaben 6 , baZ ift freilief) ein Unglücf 7 ! 21ber beüagen lann 
 id) midj nidjt barüber, ba %f)x Sleffe mir juDorgelommen ift 8 . 
 
 Dorfigny. Sßie? (Sie toären fäljtg, ju entfagen 9 ? 
 
 Cormeuil. Sd) f)atte e§ für meine ^fltdjt 10 . 
 
 I. in no way to coerce her; to let her choose for herself 
 with absolute freedom. 2. in. 3. it is as I tell you; quite true; 
 perfectly true. 4. herself. 5. hundreds of times. 6. I am rejected; 
 I'm not wanted. 7. a piece of bad luck. 8. your nephew having 
 forestalled me (having had the start of me). 9. is it possible you 
 could make such a sacrifice (relinquish, surrender, abandon your 
 claim on her hand). 10. I consider it my duty; I consider myself 
 in dutv bound to do so. 
 
— 51 — 
 
 Sorfigny cteb^aft) 1 . 31(f), §err Don Sormeuil! SBte 
 Diel S)anl bin id) Sljneii ftf)ulbig 2 ! 
 
 Cormeuit. S^ Derftelje @ie nitfjt. 
 
 X)orfign\\ Sftein, nein, 6ie nriffen ntcf)t, tueldfjeu 
 großen, großen SDienft 6ie mir erjeigen. — 9fcf), meine 3 
 @op§ie! SBir merben 4 glütflidj merben! 
 
 Cormeuil. 2ßa§ ift ba%\ SBte! — 2)aS ift $err 
 Don S)orftgni) nid&t. — 2ßär ; £ 5 mögüdj — 
 
 Dorfiany. S#) § a bz m ^ tierraten. 
 
 Cormeuil. @ie finb SDorfigntj, bcr 9Jeffe! Sa, @ie 
 finb'S — üftun, @ie §abe id) jroar nicfyt §ter gefudjt, aber 
 tc§ freue midj, <Sie ju fef;en. — 3^ar fofftc tdj billig auf 
 ©ie böfe fein 6 ttegen ber brei ©egenftidje, bie (Sie mir fo 
 großmütig in ben 7 Seib gefdjicft f)aben — 
 
 Dorfigny. iperr Don Sormeuil! 
 
 Cormcuil. 3um ®^tcf finb fie nidfyt töblidj; alfo 
 mag ; £ gut fein 8 ! 3^t $crr Dnlel §at mir fefjr Die! ©ute3 
 Don Sitten 9 e i a 9 t9 > § err öon ®orfign^, unb toeit ent= 
 fernt, mit 3§nen Jpänbet anfangen ju motten 10 , biete idj 
 S^nen Don §erjen meine 11 greunbfdjaft an unb bitte um 
 bie Sjjrige. 
 
 Sorfiguy. Jperr Don Sormeuil!* 
 
 Cormcuil. SClfo jur ©adEje 12 , §err Don SDorfignt;. 
 — ©ie lieben gfjre ©oufiue unb Ijaben DoIt!ommen Urfadje 
 baju 13 . S#) DerfpredEje S§^en, aÄen meinen ©inffuß bei 
 bem Dberften anjumenben, ba% fie S§nen ju teil mirb 14 . 
 
 I. passionately. 2. how greatly am I indebted to you. 3. my 
 dearest. 4. we may; we shall. 5. is it. 6. I ought in justice 
 (properly) to be angry with you. 7. my. 8. so it is all right; so 
 let that pass. 9. has spoken to me in the highest terms about 
 you. 10. and far from wishing to quarrel with you. II. my sin- 
 cere; hearty. 12. now to the point. 13. every reason to do so. 
 14. that she may become yours. 
 
 4* 
 
— 52 — 
 
 — Sagegen 1 Verlange id) aber, ba% Sie aud) S^rerfett^ 
 mir einen tt>id)tigen Sienft erzeigen. 
 
 Dorfigny. Bitten @ie! gorbern ®ie! Sie Ijaben 
 fid) ein fjeilige£ 9?ed)t auf meine Sanfbarfeit erworben. 
 
 Cormeuil. ©ie Ijaben eine @d)ti>efter, §err bon 
 3)orftgnfc). Sa Sie aber für niemanb 5Iugen fjaben, al£ 2 
 für S0*e $6ci\t, fo betnerften (Sie btelletdjt nid)t 3 , n>ie feljr 
 '3§re ©cfjroefter Iieben§umrbig ift. — Sd) ober — idj Ijabe 
 e£ red£)t gut bemerft — unb bafc td)'3 lurj mad)e 4 — fjrau 
 t>on 9!Jiirt>iHe berbtent bie Jputbigung eine£ {eben ! £>#) f)abe 
 fie gefeljen unb id) — 
 
 1)orftgnY. ©ie lieben fie? @ie ift bie ^fyxd 
 Säulen @ie auf mid)! — Sie foil S^nen balb gut fein, 
 menu fie e£ nid)t fdjott \t%t ift 5 — bafür ftet)' td) G . SBie 
 fid) bod) atte§ fo gtüdüd) fügen muf$ 7 ! — $ct) gettrinne 
 einen greunb, ber mir befjülfüd) fein mid, meine ©eliebte 
 5u befiijen 8 , unb id) bin im ftanbe 9 , tfjn lieber gtücftidi 
 ju machen. 
 
 £ormeuil. 2)a§ ftel)t ju f)offen 10 ; aber fo ganj au£= 
 gemacht ift e£ bod) nidjt 11 . — §ier lommt 3§re ©cE)tr>efter! 
 grifcl), §err t>on SDorfignt) — fpredjen @ie für midj! 
 gurren @ie meine ©ad^e! $d) ttntt bei bem Dnfet bie 
 3^rige führen. (ab). 
 
 Dorftgn\\ 3)a3 ift ein fjerrtidjer 9ftenfd), biefer 
 Sormeuil 12 ! SBetcfje gtücftidije grau toirb meine @d)tt)efter 13 ! 
 
 I. in exchange; on the other hand. 2. however, having 
 eyes for no one but ... 3. you may not have (perhaps you 
 have not) noticed. 4. to cut the matter short. 5. she shall soon 
 love you, if she does not do so already. 6. I warrant you; I 
 vouch for it; I promise you. 7. how nicely everything seems 
 destined to turn out for the best. 8. to obtain. 9. I am able; 
 I am in a position. 10. it is to be hoped so. 1 1, but it is not 
 by any means a matter of course. 12. he is a regular brick, this 
 L. is. 13. how happy my sister will be as Mrs. L, 
 
_ 53 — 
 
 3xt\\t\iXiUx Ititffrtff. 
 5rau von ZfiiroiUe. 5*an3 Dorfigny. 
 
 5r. p. mivvilU. 9tun tüte fteijt'3 1 , SJruber? 
 
 Dorfiguy. &u ^aft eine Eroberung gemacht, @d)tt>efter! 
 2)er Sormeuil ift ®naft unb gatC fterblidj in bid) öerliebt 
 morben 2 . ®htn fjat er mir ba§ ©eftanbniS getfjan 3 , tneti 
 er glaubte, mit bem Dnfel ju reben 4 ! 3d) fagte ifjm aber, 
 biefe ©ebanfen fottte er fief) nur bergef)en laffen 6 — bit 
 Ijätteft ba£ heiraten auf immer berfdfymoren 6 . — 3d) Ijabe 
 red)t getfjan, nidjt 7 ? 
 
 St. v. ZfixtvilU. SttterbtngS — aber — bu f)ätteft 
 eben titdfjt gebraust, i(jn auf eine fo ro§e 3trt abjumeifen 8 . 
 2)er arme S^nge ift fdjon übel genug baran 9 , ba§ er bei 
 (Sophien burdljfäKt 10 . 
 
 mtv$r>finUx %xxfixitt. 
 Porige. Champagne. 
 
 Champagne. 9?un, gnäbtger §err! madden @ie, baft 
 (Sie fortfommen 11 . Sie £ante barf @ie nidjt 12 meljr [jier 
 antreffen, menu fie jurücllommt. 
 
 ©orfigny. 9hm, id) gelje! S3in id) 13 bod) nun ge- 
 tt)if3, bafy mir ßormeuit bie ©oufine nicfjt megnimmt 14 
 
 (afi mit grau bort 9ttirt>itte.) 
 
 I. well, how do matters (does the matter) stand. 2. has all 
 of a sudden desperately fallen in love with you; is all of a sudden 
 over head-and-ears in love with you. 3. to make. 4. he was 
 speaking to . . . 5. to dismiss this thought (to give up this idea) 
 at once. 6. (because) you had forsworn marriage ... 7. I was 
 right, I hope, wasn't I. 8. you need not have done it so rudely, 
 (abroeifen ■— to reject, roenn e§ bie SDame f el 6 ft tfjut). 9. is badly 
 off already. 10. having been refused (rejected) by Sophia. 1 1, be 
 off as quick as possible. 12. must not. 13. since I am. 14. won't 
 carry off my cousin. 
 
— 54 - ' 
 
 Champagne affetn. 
 35a bin id) nun aßein! — greunb ©Kampagne, bu bift 
 ein Summfopf, trenn bu beine Unbefonnenfjeit t>on borljin' 
 nicf)t gutmadjft 1 . — 2)em Dnfel bie ganje Sarte ju Verraten! 
 316er laß 2 fefjen! 2Ba§ ift ba ju machen? ©ntmeber ben 
 Onlel ober ben Bräutigam muffen mir un§ auf 3 bte nädjften 
 5tt)ct Sage bom §atfe ftfjaffen 4 , fonft gefjt'3 nitf)t 5 . — 2Iber 
 mie Teufel ift ba§ anzufangen 6 ? — Sßart' — lag fefjen. — 
 (Wa^finnenb). 9JJein §err unb biefer §err Don Sormeuit ftnb 
 jtoar al§ ganj gute greunbe au§einanber gegangen 7 , aber e§ 
 ^atte boef)§cmbe( jtmfdjen ifjnen fe£en lönnen 8 ! Sonnen 9 , 
 ba& ift mir genug! SDabon lagt una auggefjen 10 ! — Sdj 
 mug als ein guter ®iener Unglüc! bereuten! 9£tdjt8 at§ 
 reblid)e 33eforgni§ für meinen §errn. — 2(lfo gteid) jur $oli= 
 jet! 9Kan nimmt feine Sftagregetn 11 , unb iff8 bann meine 
 Sdjulb, menn fte ben DiileJ für ben Steffen nehmen? — 393er 
 faun für bte 12 $f)ntidjfett? — Sa5 SBageftücf ift grog, groß, 
 aber id) tt>ag'§ 13 . 9Ki§üngen lann'S nidjt, unb toenn aud) u . 
 — (£§ lann nidfjt migüngen. — 3m äugerften galt bin idj 
 gebedt 15 ! %ä) fjabe nur meine Sßfüdjt beobachtet! Unb 
 mag bann ber Dnfet gegen mtdj toben, fobiel er null — 
 id) berfteefe mid) fjinter ban Steffen, idj berljelf ifjm ju 16 
 feiner 33raut, er mug erlennttidj fein — $rifc£), Champagne, 
 cin% SBerf. — §ier ift @(jre einjutegen 17 . «Se$t afo. 
 
 I. if you don't (unless you) repair the act of indiscretion 
 you were guilty of just now. 2. let us. 3. for. 4. we must (ma- 
 nage to) ged rid of. 5. else it's no-go, slang. 6. but how the deuce 
 is it to be managed. 7. parted, it is true, on very good terms (as 
 very good friends). 8. there might have been a . . . 9. might have 
 been. 10. let us start from that; let this be our starting point. 
 11. proper measures are taken. 12. who can help the ... 13. the 
 venture is great, but I risk it; the danger is great, but I run it. 14. and 
 even should it . . . 15. if the worst comes (come) to the worst, I'm 
 safely out of it. 16. I help him tjo get (to obtain*. 17. to be gained., 
 
— 55 — 
 
 $>vitUx Äuf|u& 
 
 (Bxnzx »uflfciö. 
 
 ©berft Dorfigny fommt. ®Uiti) barauf Cormeuil. 
 
 ©berft. SDZuft ber Teufel audj biefen S^otar gerabe 
 fjeute 51t einem üftacfyteffen führen 1 ! Sdj 5a6' ifjm ein 
 93ißet bort 2 gelaffen, unb mein £err -Keffe fjat fdjon Dor= 
 fjer bte SDiüfje auf fid) genommen. 
 
 £ormeutl (fommt). ^ixx bieämal 3 benle icf) [bodj] 
 tool)! 4 ben Dnfel t)0r mir ju fjaben, unb nidjt ben Neffen. 
 
 ©ber ft. 2Bof)t bin id)'Z felbft 5 ! @ie bürfen nid)t 
 jmeifetn 6 . 
 
 Cormeuil. Sd) §a6e 3§nen t»iet ju fagen, §err Don 
 Sorfignfc). 
 
 ©berft. $d) glaub' e§ tuofjl, guter Sunge 7 ! 35u 
 wirft rafenb fein Dor 8 3orn. — Slber leine (Semattttjätig- 
 feit, lieber greunb, id) bitte barum 9 ! — Senlen ©ie 
 baran 10 , baft ber, ber ©ie beleibigt fjat, mein 9ieffe ift. 
 — 3'fjr ©fjrenmort Derlang' ic£), baft ©ie e§ mir überlaffen 
 motten, ifjn bafür 51t ftrafen. 
 
 Cormeuil. ?lber fo erlauben ©ie mir — 
 
 ©berft. 9hcf)t§ erlaub' icf) 11 ! (£§ mirb nidjtS ba* 
 rau£ 12 ! ©0 feib if;r jungen Seute 13 ! S(jr ttuftt leine 
 
 1. dash it all! must this notary go to a supper-party this 
 very night; must the devil chance to take this notary to a supper- 
 party to-night. 2. at his house. 3. this time. 4. I really hope 
 (think, expect). 5. to be sure (indeed), 'tis myself now. 6. and 
 no mistake; not the least doubt about it. 7. I believe you, my 
 young friend. 8. with. 9. I beg; if you please. 10. remember; 
 consider; don't forget. II. no, I allow nothing. 12. it can't be 
 done; it shall not (shan't) come to anything. 13. that's always 
 the case with you young folks (you youngsters). 
 
— 56 — 
 
 anb'ere Strt, Unrecht gutjumadjen 1 , al§ ba§ iljr eiuanber 
 bie ipatfe bredjt 2 . 
 
 £ormeuU. 3)a§ ift ja aber nidjt mein galt 3 . Sporen 
 Sie bod) nur 4 . 
 
 ©berft. SD? ein (Sott! id) meift ja 5 ! Sin id) bod) 
 audj jung getoefen 6 ! — 216er laß bid} ba§ atte3 K nid)t an« 
 fechten 7 , guter gunge! ®u wirft bod) mein ©djmiegerfoljn 8 ! 
 ®u mirft'3 — babet bleibt^ 9 ! 
 
 Cormeuil. 5§re ©fite — Sfjre greunbfd)aft er« 
 fenn' id) mit bem größten San?. — 2lber, fo roie bic 
 Sachen ftefjen 10 
 
 ©berft ((auter). 9ttd£)t3! Sein 11 ©ort meljr! 
 
 ZtotiUx muftrift, 
 Champagne mit 3 tx> et Unteroffi5teren. Dorige. 
 
 Champagne c$u tiefen), (Seijen @ie r £, meine Ferren? 
 Sefjen ©ie'S? &btn Wollten Sie aneinanber geraten 12 . 
 
 Cor mein l. 3ßa§ fudjen 13 biefe Seute bei imS? 
 
 firfUr Unierofft3ter. 3§re ganj 14 geljorfamen 
 Siener, meine öerren! Sr>abt id) nidjt bie (£f)re, mit §errn 
 t>on Sorfignt) ju fpredjen? * 
 
 ©berft. Sorfigmj Ijeifj' id) 15 . 
 
 Champagne. Unb biefer f)ier 16 ift §err bon 
 Cormeuil? 
 
 Cormeuil. 2)er bin id), ja 17 . 9Iber ma§ motten 13 
 biefe §erren Don mir? 
 
 I. of repairing a wrong (an injury). 2. than breaking one 
 another's necks. 3. the case with me. 4. listen to me, pray. 
 5. dear me, don't I know. 6. wasn't I once young myself. 7. but 
 never mind all that; don't let anything of that kind trouble 
 (disquiet) you in the least. 8. you'll be . . . all the same. 9. that's 
 settled. 10. but as matters now stand. II. not. a; not one . . . 
 12. they were just going to come to blows. 13. to want with 
 (from). 14. most. 15. is my name. 16. and this gentleman . . . 
 17. yes, I am, 18. cf. 2(nm. 13. ' 
 
— 57 - - 
 
 «gtoetter Untcrofft3ier. 3d) merbe bte Sl)rc faibm, 
 Guer ©naben 5U begleiten. 
 
 Cormeuil. W\§ 51t begleiten? SBofjüt?..©» faßt 
 mir nid)t ein, au§ge§en ju motten 1 . 
 
 <£rfter Unterofft3ter (sum Oberften). Hub id), gncU 
 biger £>err, bin beorbert, Serien jur 2 ©§forte 51t bienen. 
 
 ©berft. 2(ber tDofjin mitt mid) ber §err 3 eSfortiercn? 
 
 <2rfter U«terofft3ier. 2)a£ mitt ic£) Sfjneu fagen, 
 gnabiger iperr. 2Rau I;at in (Srfafjrung gebraut 4 , ba§ ©ie 
 auf bem Sprunge ftünben 5 , fie!) mit biefem Serrn ju 
 fcfylagen, unb bamit nun 6 — 
 
 ©berft. SÄicf) ju fdjfagen! llnb roestoegen benn? 
 
 <£rfter Unteroffi3ter. Sßeil ©ie Nebenbuhler finb 
 — metl ©ie beibe ba£ gräuletn fcon 2)orfignt) lieben. 
 ®iefer §err Ijier ift ber ^Bräutigam be§ gräulein§, ben iljr 
 ber SSater beftimmt t;at — unb ©ie, gnabiger £err, A finb 
 tfjr (£oufin unb ifjr Siebljaber. — D, mir miffen offeS! 
 
 Cormeuil. ©ie finb im Saturn 7 , meine §erren. 
 
 ©ber ft. SBaljrltdj, ©ie finb an bm Unrechten ge- 
 fommen 8 . 
 
 Champagne ($u ben Sachen 9 ), Srifdj ju! Soffen ©ie 
 fid) nid)t§ meiämadjen 10 , meine sperren! (3u §emt son 2)or- 
 ftgtty). ßieber, gnabiger Jperr! merfen ©ie enblid) %f)xt 
 9Ma§fe meg! ®eftefjen ©ie, mer ©ie finb! (&tben ©ie ein 
 ©piel auf, mobei 11 ©ie nidjt bie befte SRoüe fpieleu! 
 
 ©berft. SSie, ©djurfe, ba§ ift mieber ein ©treidj 
 tion bir 12 — 
 
 1. to go out. 2. as. 3. you. 4. it has been ascertained. 
 5. that you were on the point of . . . 6. and in order to; and 
 lest. 7. you are mistaken. 8. upon my word, you've come to the 
 wrong address; you sail on the wrong tack. 9. to the sergeants. 
 10. don't allow yourselves to be imposed upon. II. the game in 
 which ... 12. a trick of yours; one of your tricks. 
 
— 58 — 
 
 Champagne. ga, gnabiger §err, icfj f)ab' e§ fo 
 üeranftattet, id) leugn' e§ gar nidjt — id) rü§me mirfj 
 beffen 1 ! — 2>ie *ßfüd)t eine3 tecf)t]df)affenen 2)tener£ fjabe 
 id) erfüllt, ba idj Unglüc! behütete 2 . 
 
 0b er ft. Sic fönnen mtfS glauben 3 , meine §erren! 
 ber, ben Sie fucfjen, bin icf) rticf>t 4 , id) bin fein Cnfet. 
 
 (Erfter Unterofft3ier. Sein Cnfel? ©e'fjen Sie 
 bodE) 5 ! Sie gleiten bem £errn Dnlel augerorbenttidE) 6 , fagt 
 man, aber un* fott biefe 2U)ntitf)feit nid)t betrügen. 
 
 0b er ft. 2(ber fefjen Sie midj bodj nur rect)t an 7 ! 
 Sdj f)abe ja eine Sßerücfe, unb mein üfteffe trägt fein 
 eigene* ©aar. 
 
 <£rfter Unteroffizier, ga, ja, mir Riffen recf)t 
 gut, marum Sie bie £rqdjt SljreS ©errn Cnfefö ange^ 
 nommen 8 . — 2a3 Stücken 9 mar jhmreidj; e3 t^ut im§ 
 leib, baß e§ nidjt beifer gegfücft tft. 
 
 0b er ft. 2(ber, mein Serr, [fo] fjören Sie bodj nur 
 an 10 — 
 
 <£rfter Unterofftjter. ga, menn mix jcben an- 
 ijören mottten, ben mir feftjunefjmen beorbert finb — mir 
 mürben nie öon ber Stelle fommen, — belieben Sie 11 
 unS ju folgen, öerr bon £orfigrtt)! Sie Sßoftdjaife Ijalt 
 nor 12 ber Sfjür unb ermartet un* 13 . 
 
 ©ber ft. Sßte? ma*? bie Sßoft^aife? 
 
 <£rftet Unteroffizier, xsa, Serr! Sie fjaben 3$re 
 
 I. I'm proud of it; I glory in it; I'm not ashamed of it. 
 2. in preventing ... 3. believe me. 4. I am not the one you 
 seek (look for). 5. get along with you; nonsense. 6. you are 
 exceedingly like . . . (you and your uncle resemble one another 
 like two peas). 7. just look at me closely (well), if you please. 
 8. why you've put on your uncle's clothes ; why you have assumed 
 your uncle's appearance. 9. the trick; the idea. 10. just listen 
 to me, please. 11. please to . . .; have the goodness to . . . 
 12. is at; stops at. 13. waiting for us. (ober 2(nm. 12 u. 13 the 
 postchaise is waiting for us at the doorj. 
 
-. 59 — 
 
 (Sarnifon ^eimfid^ bcrfoffen! SBir finb beorbert, Sie ftefjen- 
 ten SufceS 1 in ben SBagen ju pacfen unb nad) Strasburg 
 jurücfäitbringen. 
 
 (Dberft. Unb ba§ ift mieber ein 2 Streidj öon biefem 
 berttmnfdjten Xaugenid)t£ 3 ! §a, Sotterbube! 
 
 Champagne, Sa, gnäbiger £err, e§ ift meine SSer= 
 anftaltung — Sie nriffen, tt>ie fe^r id) batoiber mar, bag 
 Sie Strasburg o§ne Urlaub Vertieften 4 . 
 
 CD b er ft c^ebt ben ©tocf auf 5 ). S^etn, id) Ijatte mid) nidjt 
 mefjr 6 . 
 
 Scibc Unteroffi3icre. SWäfctgen Sie fid) 7 , £err 
 öon 2)orfignt)! 
 
 Champagne, ©alten Sie itjn 8 , meine Ferren! id) 
 bitte — ba% fyat man babon 9 , menu man Unbanlbare 10 
 Verpflichtet, gdj rette tuelteidjt 3f;r Seben, ba id) biefent 
 unfetigen Sueff borbeuge 11 , unb jum S)anl 12 fatten Sie 
 mid) tot gemadjt, roenn biefe sperren nidjt fo gut 13 getoefen 
 tociren, e3 ju fcerf)inbern. 
 
 (Dberft. 2Ba§ ift (jier ju tfyun, Sormeuil? 
 
 £ormeuil. SBarum berufen Sie fid) nid)t auf bie 
 ^jerfonen, bie Sie lennen muffen? 
 
 fflberft. 2In men, jum Seufet! foil id) mid) menben 14 ? 
 SWeine $rau, meine £od)ter 'finb ausgegangen — meine 
 5ftid)te ift bom 15 Komplott — bie ganje SBelt ift befjejt. i 
 
 Cormeuil. So bleibt nid)t§ übrig, at£ 16 [in ©otte» 
 
 I. immediately; on the spot. 2. another. 3. scamp. 4. how 
 much I was against your quitting St. without leave. 5. raising 
 (lifting up) his stick. 6. I can't restrain myself any longer. 
 7. calm (moderate) yourself. 8. stop him. 9. that's all the re- 
 ward one gets. 10. the ungrateful. II. by preventing. 12. for 
 my pains. 13. so kind as to . . . 14. I don't know whom on 
 earth I could appeal (apply) to ; hang it ! whom shall I (am I to) 
 appeal (apply) to. 1 5. in the. 16. then there is no alternative 
 left but . . . 
 
-- -- 60 — 
 
 Dramen] nad) (Strasburg ju reifen, menu biefe Scute" ntdjt 
 
 mit fid) reben laffen 1 . 
 
 ©berft. £>a3 märe aber ganj t>ertDÜnfd)t 2 . 
 
 <£rfter Unterof ft 3 i er (31t Kampagne). ©inb @ie aber 
 aud) ganj gemifs, bag e§ ber SWeffe ift? 
 
 Champagne, grei(id)! greitidj! Ser Onfet ift 
 meit meg — nur ftanbgef)alten 3 ! SWidjt gemanft 4 ! 
 
 drifter Buftrift • 
 <£in poftillon. Dorige. 
 
 poftillon cfcetuutfen). £e! Softa! SBirb'8 batb 5 , iljr 
 Ferren? Steine Sßferbe fielen fcfjon eine ©tunbe ttor bem 
 Saufe 6 , unb id) bin nid)t be3 SSarten» megen ba 1 . ' 
 
 Oberjl 3£a§ mill ber »urfdj? 
 
 firjUr Untcroffi3ier. ©8 ift ber Sßoftiffon, ber 
 Sie fahren foil. 
 
 poftillon. ©iei) bod) 8 ! ©inb @ie'£, §err Jpaupt^ 
 mann, ber abreift? — @ie fjaben furje ©efdjäfte fjter ge- 
 macht 9 . — §eute abenb fommen Sie an, unb in ber dlafyt 
 geljt'3 mieber fort 10 . 
 
 ©berft. ffiofjer 11 meif$t beim bu? ) 
 
 poftillon. ®i! Gi ! 23ar idj'S benn nidjt, ber @ie 
 bor etlichen ©tunben an ber ipintertfjür btefeS §aufe§ ab- 
 fejjte? ©ie feiert, [mein] Sapitän, ba§ icf) g(jt ©elb mo()t 
 angemenbet — ja, ja, menn mir einer ma§ ju üertrinfen 
 gibt, fo erfüll 1 id) gemiffenfjafr unb reblidj bie 12 2(bfid)t. - 
 
 1. will not (won't) listen to reason. 2. that would be highly 
 unpleasant (deuced awkward, 'pon my word). 3. keep firm; don't 
 budge. 4. don't vacillate (waver). 5. how long will you keep 
 me waiting. 6. have been at the door this whole hour. 7. I 
 didn't come here to cool my heels in the street (slang für to be 
 kept waiting). 8. look there; indeed. 9. you've made short work 
 here; you haven't let much grass grow under your feet. 10. off 
 you are again. II. how. 12. _his.j 
 
61 — 
 
 ©ber ft. aSJa8 -fagft bu7&ert? 9Kidj fjatteft bit ge* 
 fahren 1 ? 5D?tc£> ? 
 
 poftillon. Sic, Serr! — 3<i bod), beim Teufel 2 , 
 unb ba ftefjt ja 3§r SSebienter, ber ben SSorreiter machte 3 
 — (Sott grü£' bid), ©aubieb 4 ! (£öen ber tjat mtr'S ja im 
 Vertrauen geftedt 5 , bafs <Sie ein §err Hauptmann feien 
 unb t>on (Strasburg fjeimlid) na<f) ?ßari^ gingen. 
 
 ©berft. SBie -Sdjurfe? 3d) toäre baS geiuefen 6 ? 
 
 poftillon. $a, @ie! Unb ber auf bent gangen 
 SBege taut mit fid) fetbft fpradj unb in einem fort 7 rief: 
 9fteine ©opljie! Sftein liebet Söctödjen! 3ttein engtifdje£ 
 doufindjen 8 ! 2öte? tjaben ©ie ba% fd)on öergeffen? 
 
 Champagne ($um Ofcerftert). $d) bin ; § nid)t 9 , gnäbiger 
 £err, ber \i)m biefe SBorte in btn üJJhtnb legt. — 323er 
 roirb aber and) 10 auf öffentlicher 5ßoftftraf$e fo laut toon 
 feiner ©ebieterin reben? 
 
 ©berft. ©3 ift befdjloffen, id) fep 11 , idj fotC nad) 12 
 Strasburg, um ber ©ünben meinet 9ceffen mitten — 
 
 <£rfter Unteroff i3ier. 3Itfo, mein §err §aupt~ 
 mann 13 — 
 
 ©berft. 2Itfo, mein §err ©eteitSmann, alfo muf$ id) 
 freilief) mit S'fjnen fort 14 ; aber id) laun @ie öerfidjern, 
 fetjr 15 ttuber meinen SBitten. 
 
 <£rfter Uuteroffi3ier. 2)a3 finb inir getnoljut, 
 [mein] Sapitän, bie Seute roiber ifjren SBitteu ju bebienen. 
 
 I. you pretend to have driven me here. 2. to be sure, I 
 did, by Jove. 3. who was the outrider. 4. how are you, old 
 scamp (rascal, scoundrel;. 5. he it was who told me in confi- 
 dence (it was him who ... ift gram. unrichtig, aber feljr ge= 
 bräucfjHd), befonber§ im SSolf^munbe). 6. I had been that person. 
 7. continually; incessantly; unceasingly. 8. my angelic little cousin. 
 9. 'tisn't me = it is not I. cf. Stnm. 5. 10. but who would be 
 so imprudent as to . . . II. I see. 12. I am to go. 13. well then, 
 captain. 14. so I see I must certainly go with you. 15. very 
 much; greatly. 
 
— 6% — 
 
 (25 be r ft. SDu bift aljo 1 mein 23ebienter? 
 
 Champagne. Sa, gnäbiger §>err. 
 
 ©berft. Öolglicl) bin itf) bein ©ebieter. 
 
 Champagne. 2)a£ berfte^t fid) 2 . 
 
 ©berft. @in Sebienter mu§ feinem §erm folgen 
 bu gefift mit mir nadj «Strasburg. 
 
 Champagne (für ft#). 93erftud£)t 3 ! 
 
 poftillon. Sto§ öcrftcf;t ftdjj — marfdj 4 ! 
 
 Champagne. ߧ tfjut mir leib, Sie ju betrüben, 
 gnöbiger Jperr — Sie tDiffen, tote groß meine Sfntjcmgltdj- 
 feit an 5 <Sie ift — idf) gebe S^nen eine ftarfe 5ßrobe ba* 
 üon in 6 biefem 2tugenblicfe — aber @ie toifjen and), ttrie 
 jef)r 7 id) mein 23eib liebe. 3dj babe fie Ijeute nacf) einer 
 fefjr langen Trennung ttnebergefefjen! Sie arme grau be- 
 jeigte eine fo fjerjiidie 8 greube über meine ßurücffunft, 
 ba% id) bejd)fofjen fjabe, fie nie lieber ju öetloffen unb 
 meinen 2(6fd)ieb 9 üon gtjiiett ju begehren. @ie tnerben 
 fid) erinnern, baß Sie mir nodfj bon brei Monaten bie 
 ©age 10 fdjulbig finb. 
 
 ©berft. Sreifjunbert Stocfprüget 11 bin idE) bir fdjul* 
 big, ©übe! 
 
 <£rfter Unter of f i3 i e r. [öerr] Säpitön, ©ie rjaben 
 fein 9ted)t, tiefen efjrlidjen Siener toiber feinen SBitten 
 nadf) (Straßburg mitzunehmen, unb toenn <Sie ifjm nod) 
 JRücfftanb jd)ulbig finb 12 — 
 
 ©bcrft. 9Jid)t3, feinen geller bin idE) ifjm fcfjulbig 13 . 
 
 <£r(Ur Unterofft3ter. @o ift ba§ fein ©runb, 
 iftu mit prügeln abjulofjiten. 
 
 i. then you are. 2, of course. 3. dash it; blow it; con- 
 found it. 4. off with you. 5. to. 6 at. 7. sincerely. 8. so 
 much (such) heartfelt ... 9. discharge. 10. three months' wages. 
 11 three hundred stripes (cuts with a stick). 12. and if you 
 owe fiim stiUL an arrear of wages. 13. not one farthing do I 
 owe him. 
 
— 63 — 
 
 Cormcuil. 3d) mu J3 fe^cn, true id) ifjm ^erau§f>elfe. 
 
 — SBenn e» nidjt embers ift 1 — in ©otte» Sftamcn reifen 
 ©ie a6, £>err Hon ©orfignt) 53 . 3^™ ® (urf & in icI ) f rei - 
 3d) fjabe greuube, id) eile, fie in Söemegung 51t fe£en 3 , 
 nnb bringe Sie juntd, el) es Sag uurb 4 . 
 
 ©berft. Unb icf) »iff ben Spoftttton [bafür] Oejaljten, 
 Dafc er fo langfam fäfjrt al£ möglief) 5 , bamit ©ie 6 mid) 
 noef) einholen fömien. (3um «poftiaon.) §ter, ©cfjmager! SSer* 
 trin! baZ auf meine ©efunbfjeit 7 — aßet bu mußt midj 
 fahren — 
 
 poftillon (treu^crsifl). 2>af5 bie $ferbe bampfen. 
 
 ©berft. 9?icf)t bod)! nein 8 ! fo mein' tdj'S nidjt 9 — 
 
 poftillon. 3d) mitt ©ie fahren, mie auf 10 bem §er= 
 meg! 2(1 § 06 ber Teufel ©ie babonfüijrte 11 . 
 
 ©berft. §ole ber Seufel bid) felbft, bu uerbammter 
 Sruulenbolb! 3d) fage bir ja — 
 
 poftillon. ©ie fjaben's eilig 12 ! 3d) aud) 13 ! ©ei'n 
 ©ie gcutj rufjig 14 ! gort foü ; £ gefjen 16 , i>a§ bie gunfen 
 hinausfliegen. (ab.) 
 
 ©berft tffru tta^) 16 . 2>er ®erl mad)t 17 midj rafenb! 
 SBarte bod), f)öre 18 ! 
 
 £ormeuil. 93eru()igen ©ie fid)! Sfjre Steife foil 
 nidjt lauge bauern. 
 
 ©berft. 3d) glaube, bie ganje ^ölfe ift fjeute fo§* 
 gelaffen 19 . (®e§t ab. 2)er crfte Uttteroffi$ier folgt). 
 
 I. if nothing can be done; if things must take their course. 
 2. M. de D., by all means depart. 3. I'll hasten to stir them up. 
 4. before sunrise. 5. to drive as slow (slowly) as possible. 6. so 
 that you. 7. spend this in drinking my health. 8. no , no. 
 9. that's not what I mean; I don't mean that. 10. as I did on . . . 
 
 11. as though (as if) the devil himself was handling the ribbons. 
 
 12. you are in a hurry. 13. so am I. 14. make your mind easy. 
 15. I'll drive you; we'll get along. 1-6. following him. 17. drives. 
 18. wait and listen to me, d'ye hear. 19. all the demons of h— 
 are let loose to-day. 
 
— 64 — 
 
 Cormeutl (gum $toeiten). kommen Sic, mein iperr, 
 folgen Sie mir, toeil e£ Sfjneu fo befohlen ift 1 — aber 
 iü) fage S^nen fcorfjer 2 , id} merbe 3^rc Seine nid)t fdjonen! 
 Unb menn Sie fief) Sftedpung gemacht fjaben, biefe 3lai)t 
 ju fcf)lafen 3 , fo ftnb Sie garftig betrogen 4 , benn mir roerben 
 immer auf ber Strafe fein. 
 
 ^weitet Unteroffi$ter. 9?ad) Syrern (befallen 5 , 
 gnäbiger §err. — ßttnngen Sie fid} ganj nub gar nidjt 6 . 
 
 — Styx Wiener, £err ©Kampagne. 
 
 (Sormettit unb &er $mite Utttevoffoier afc). 
 
 mtxitt Auftritt- 
 Champagne. £>cmn Sxan von 2Tlir t> i lie. 
 
 £t|ampagne cafteito. Sie ftnb fort 7 — ©lite! jn 8 , 
 ©Kampagne! Ser Sieg ift unfer! Sefet frifd) an§ SBerf, 
 baf$ mir bte §eirat nod) in biefer STCadjt $u ftanbe bringen . 
 
 — Sa fommt bte Sdjmefter meinet §errn;- if)r fann tefj 
 atte§ fagen. 
 
 5r. p. Znirotlle. 311), bift bu ba, ©(jampagne? SBei^t 
 bu nid)t, mo ber Onfet ift? 
 
 Champagne. 9(uf bent SBege nad) Strasburg. 
 
 5r. v. mitmlle. SBie? 2Ba3? (Srtläre biet)! 
 
 £t|ampagne. s Jtedjt gern, 3§* ©naben. Sie miffen 
 bietteidjt nidjt, baft mein §err unb biefer Sormeuil einen 
 heftigen 3 an ^ jufammen gehabt f)aben. 
 
 St. v. Znirtnlle. ©0115 im ©egenteit 10 . Sie ftnb 
 a(§ bte beften greunbe gefetjieben 11 , ba§ rceifs id). 
 
 I. since you have orders to do so. 2. beforehand. 3. on 
 sleeping (on getting a wink of sleep) to-night. 4. you'll be badly 
 (thoroughly, awfullyj disappointed. 5. as you please (like). 6. don't 
 put the least restraint on your feelings. 7. they are gone; off 
 they are; gone they are. 8. good luck to you. 9. to bring about. 
 10. on the contrary; quite the contrary; quite the reverse. II. they 
 parted as the best of friends (on the very best termsj. 
 
— 65 — 
 
 (Champagne, 9hm, [fo] fjabe id)'§ ober nid^t gemußt. 
 Unb in ber §i£e meinet (£ifer£ ging id) [f)in], mir bei ber 
 ^olijei §ülfe jit fudjen 1 . 3d) fomme f)er mit jtt>ei @er* 
 geanten, babon ber eine 53efetjt l)at 2 , bem iperm toon ßor= 
 meuü an ber ©exte 3 ju bleiben, ber anbere, meinen iperrn 
 nadj Strasburg äurücfsubringen. 9?un reitet 4 ber Teufel 
 biefen toerroünfdjten Sergeanten, ba§ er ben Dnfet für btn 
 Steffen nimmt, if)n beinahe mit ©emalt in bie Ä'utfdje 
 pacft 5 unb fort mit if)m 6 , jagfi bu nidjt, fo gilt ; § nidjt 7 , 
 nad) (Strasburg! 
 
 5r. r>. 2Tlirt)iIU. SBie, Champagne! bu fdjidft 
 meinen Dnfet anftatt meinet 33ruber£ auf bie SReife! 9?ein, 
 ba% fann nidjt bein (£rnft fein 8 . 
 
 (Champagne. Um 9 Vergebung, e§ ift mein boiler 10 
 ©rnft. 2)a§ ©Ifafc ift ein fdjarmante§ Sanb; ber öerr 
 Dberft Ijaben fid) nod) nidjt barin umgefeljen 11 , unb idj Der* 
 fdjaffe ifjm biefe Heine ©rgöjjtidjfeit. 
 
 St. v. TXixvville. 2)u fannft nodj fdjerjen? 22Ba£ 
 madjt 12 aber ber §err öon Sormeuil? 
 
 Champagne, ©r füfjrt feinen Sergeanten in ber 
 Btabt fpajieren 13 . 
 
 $v. v. ITC ir utile. S)er arme Sunge! @r öerbient 
 roofjl 14 , baft id) STntcit an ifjm nefjme 15 . 
 
 Champagne. 91un, gnäbige grau! 2In£ 323er! 16 ! 
 Steine 3eü fcerloren 17 ! SSSenn mein iperr feine ©oufine 
 
 I. I went and applied to the police for help (assistance). 
 2. one of whom had orders. 3. close by the side of. 4. induces; 
 causes. 5. puts him almost by force into the coach; places him 
 in the coach almost by main force. 6. and away (off) they go. 
 7. helter-skelter. 8. no, you can't be in earnest about that. 
 9. begging your ... 10. I'm quite in . . . II. the colonel hasn't 
 yet enjoyed the pleasure of catching a glimpse of it. 12. is doing. 
 13. he takes his sergeant out for a stroll about the town. 14. indeed. 
 15. that I should feel sympathy for him. 16. to business. 17. we've 
 no time to lose, 
 
-_ 66 — 
 
 nur erft 1 geheiratet fjat, fo motten mir ben Dnlet jurücfs 
 Ijoten. 3d) f u d) e tneinen öerrn auf; id) bringe i§n fjer, 
 unb menn nur (Sie 2 un3 beiftefjen, fo mu& biefe 9tad)t 
 atle^ richtig tnerben 3 . ca&.) 
 
 3tünfisr Buftrttt 
 
 5rau pon Zniroille. SXnm 5^ciu pon Dorfigny. 
 
 Sophie. 
 
 5r. p. 2n t r r> ille. 2)a§ ift ein berjföeifettet 95u6e; 
 aber er §at feine ©adje fo gut gemalt 4 , ba% tdj midj mit 
 ifjm öerfte^en muf$ 5 . — Spier fommt meine 2ante; idj mu| 
 iijr 6 bie Sßaljrtjeit verbergen. 
 
 St. p. Dorfigny. 3ld), liebe üftidjte! §aft bu beinen 
 Dnfel nidjt gefefjen? 
 
 5r. v. VTiivvxlle. SSie? §at er benn nid)t 2(bfd)ieb 
 öon S^nen 7 genommen. 
 
 5r. v. Dorfigny. 2lbfd)ieb? SBte? 
 
 5r. p. ZTcirptlle. 3<*i m ift fort. 
 
 5r. p. Dorfigny. ©r ift fort? ©ctt wann? 
 
 5r. p. ZHirpilU. liefen 2Iugenbticf. 
 
 5r. p. Dorfigny. 5)a3 begreif id) ntdjt. ©r tpottte 
 ja erft gegen elf Uljr wegfahren 8 . Unb roo ift er benn 
 bin, fo eilig 9 ? 
 
 5r. p. ZHirpille. 3)a§ fteijs id) nidjt. 3d) fad ty w 
 md)t abretfen, Champagne erjagte mir'» 10 . 
 
 I. as soon as . . . 2. and provided you ... 3. all will 
 be brought to a happy issue to-night. 4. he has acted (played) 
 his part so well. 5. that I must continue to act in collusion (in 
 covert agreement) with him. 6. from her. 7. of you. 8. he said 
 he didn't intend starting (leaving) before eleven. 9. where did 
 he go to in such a hurry (in such haste), 10. informed (told) 
 me of it. 
 
- 67 — 
 
 £*rfjjf*r muftrift. 
 
 Die Porigen. 5rart3 von Dorfigny in femer eigenen 
 Uniform nnb o^ne ^erncfe. Champagne. 
 
 Champagne. 3)a ift er, 3§r ®naben, ba ift er! 
 
 5r. o. Dorfigny. 28er? mein 2Kann? 
 
 Champagne. 9cein, nidjt bod] 1 ! 9ftein iperr, ber 
 Jperr Hauptmann. 
 
 Sophie (itym entgegen 2 ) Sieber ^Better! 
 'Champagne. 3a, er fyaüt mo§l re<i)t, ju fagen 3 , 
 baf$ er mit feinem 33riefe jugleidf) 4 eintreffen merbe. 
 
 5r. r>. Dorfigny. 93Zein 9ftann reift ab, mein Sfteffe 
 lommt an! SBie fdfyneH fidj bie Gegebenheiten brängen 5 ! 
 
 Dorfigny. @e^ id) @ie enblidE) mieber, befte Xante. 
 3d) lomme öoß Unruhe nnb ©rmariung — 
 
 St. t>. Dorfigny. (Snten 2Ibenb, lieber Sfteffe! 
 
 Dorfigny. SEBefcfyer froftige (Smpfang? 
 
 $v. t>. Dorfigny. 3#) bin fjerjUd) erfreut, bid) $u 
 feljen. 2(ber mein 9Mann — f. 
 
 Dorfigny. 3ft bent Dnfel etma£ jugefto^en? 
 
 5r. r>. Zniroille. ®er Dnlel ift fjeute abenb 6 Don 
 einer großen SReife jurüdgefommen, unb in biefem 2(ugen- 
 blide toerfdjminbet er mieber, ofjne ba§ mir miffen, mo er 
 f)in ift 7 . 
 
 Dorfigny. 2)a§ ift \a fonberbar! 
 
 Champagne. @£ ift ganj jum ©rftaunen! 
 
 5r. r>. Dorfigny. 5)a ift \a Champagne! 3)er fann 
 un§ allen au£ bem Traume Reifen 8 . 
 
 ^. I. no, not quite (not exactly). 2. advancing towards him. 
 3. when he said (wrote). 4. together with his letter. 5. how 
 quickly events crowd one upon another. 6. to-night. 7. and this 
 moment he's gone away without our knowing whither, (and we 
 know not where he's gone to). 8. he can explain the mystery 
 to us all. 
 
- 68 — 
 
 Champagne. 3d), gnäbige grau? 
 
 St. v. ZHirütlU. go, bu! SDiit bir allein fyat ber 
 Qnfet ja gefprodjen, mie er abreifte. 
 
 Champagne, 2)a§ ift rt>af)r! SWit mir allein fjat 
 er gefprod)en. 
 
 Dorfigny. 9?un, fo fage mir, marum berreifte er 
 
 (Champagne. SSarum? Si, er mufcte mof)! 1 ! Sr 
 fjatte ja SSefe^l baju 2 bon ber Regierung. 
 
 5r. t>. Dorftgny. 22ci3? 
 
 £1} ampagne. @r fjat einen mistigen geheimen .Stuf« 
 trag, ber bie größte Eilfertigfeit erforbert — ber einen 
 SRamt erforbert — einen äRann — 3d) fage ntdjtS mefjr 3 ! 
 316 er ©ie fönnen fid) tftvaä baranf einbilben 4 , gnäbige 
 grau, ba§ bie SSafjl auf i>m Jperrn gefallen ift. 
 
 $v. v. ZTcirtnlle. 2llterbing§! Sine foldje SluSjeid)^ 
 nung 5 efjrt bie ganjc gamilie! 
 
 Champagne, ©uer ©naoen begreifen mof)l 6 , baft 
 er fidj ia ntdjt lange mit 2lbfd)iebnef)men aufhalten fonnte 7 . 
 Champagne, jagte er ju mir, id) gefje in mistigen ©taat§= 
 angelegensten nad) — nad) ©t. Petersburg. 2)er (Staat 
 befiehlt, id) mug gefjordjen — 6eim erften Sßoftroed)fel fdjreib' 
 icf) meiner grau — raa§ übrigens" bie öeirat jttrifdjen meinem 
 Neffen unb meiner Sodjter betrifft 8 — fo mei§ fte, bafj 
 id) bolffommen bamit jufrieben bin. 
 
 Dorfigny. 2öa» £)ör' id)! mein lieber Cntel follte — 
 
 Champagne. 3a, gnäbiger öerr! er billigt ein. 
 — 3<f) gebe meiner grau unumfdjränfte ,23ollmadf)t, fagte 
 
 I. he was obliged to; he couldn't help it. 2. to do so. 
 3. I won't say another word. 4. you may, indeed, be proud. 
 5. such a mark of distinction. 6. can well imagine (easily under- 
 stand). 7. that he hadn't much time to spare for . . .; that he 
 couldn't be much bothered by . . . 8. however, as to the marri- 
 age between . . . 
 
— 69 — 
 
 er, atte3 ju beenbigen, unb idj Ijoffe, bei meinet ßurücfhtnft 
 unfere 2odE)ter ol§ eine glüdtid^e grau ju finben. 
 
 $v. p. Dorfigny. Unb fo reifte er altein ab? 
 
 (Champagne. 2tff ein ? SKicijtbodj 1 ! (£r fjatte nodf) 
 einen iperrn bei fid) 3 , ber nadfy ettoa§ redt)t S3ornefjmem au§- 
 
 fa*» - 
 
 5r. p. Dorf ig ny. S^ lann midj gar nidfjt bretn 
 finben 4 . 
 
 $v. p. iniroilU. SBir ttriffen feinen Sßunfdj. Wlaxx 
 mufe baljin fefjen 6 , bag er fie at§ Sftann unb grau 6 finbet 
 bei 7 feiner ßuriicf fünft. 
 
 Sophie, ©eine ©inttrittigung fd)eint mir nidfjt im 
 geringften jtoeifelfjaft, unb idj trage gar lein 8 Söebenfen, 
 itn SBetter auf ber ©teile ju heiraten. 
 
 5r. p. Dorfigny. 9lber tdj trage S3ebenlen 9 — unb 
 tt>itt feinen erften 93rief nodf) abttmrten. 
 
 Champagne (beifeite). 35a finb mir nun fdfjön ge= 
 förbert 10 , ba§ nrir ben Dnlet nadj 5ßeter£burg fdfjiden 11 
 
 Dorfigny. 2t6cr befte Xante! 
 
 Vie Dortgen. Der ZTotarius. 
 
 ZTo t ar (tritt stoif^en 2>orfign$ wtb feine Xante). $dj empfehle 
 mid) ber ganjen fjodjgeneigten ©efettfdjaft ju (Knaben 13 . 
 
 St. p. i)orfignv. ©ielj ba, §err ®afpar, ber Wo* 
 tax unfere£ §aufe§. 
 
 i. not at all. 2. there was another gentleman with him. 
 3. who looked rather distinguished; (who looked a great swell, 
 slang). 4. I can't quite see my way; I can't make head or tail 
 of it. 5. we must take care. 6. as husband and wife. 7. on. 
 8. not the slightest (least). 9. but I have some doubts. 10. there 
 we are in a nice fix. II. after sending . . . %nm. 10 U. 11. 
 botheration! much good, it seems, we are going to derive from 
 sending the uncle to St. Petersburgh. 12. to the favour of this 
 most honourable company present. 
 
— 70 — 
 
 Ho tar. £u ®ero ©efeljt 1 , gnäbige grau! (S£ be* 
 liebte SDero öerrn ®emaf)t, fidj in mein §au£ ju berfügen 2 . 
 
 5r. v. Dorfigny. 2Bie 3 ? 9Wein Sftann märe bor 
 feiner Stbreife nod) bei S£)uen gemefen 4 ? 
 
 Hotar. SSor Sero 5 SIbreife! 2Ba§ @ie mir fagen 6 ! 
 ©ielj, fief) bod) 7 ! 2)arum fatten e$ ber gnäbige §err fo 
 eüig 8 unb moifften mid) gar nid)t 9 in meinem §aufe er= 
 marten. 3)iefe§ 33ittet liegen mir §od)biefelben jurüdE 10 . 
 — SSelieben $f)ro ©naben 11 e£ burdjjulefen. Cfttifyt ber 
 grau toon 2)orftgm} baa SBitfet.) 
 
 Champagne (teife $u ©orftgm?). 3)a ift ber SJfotar, 
 ben %$T Dnlel beftellt fjat. 
 
 Dorfigny. 3&, megen Sormeuif£ Jpeirat. 
 
 Champagne cteifo. SBenn mir if)n ju ber S^tigen 
 gebrauten fönnten 12 ? 
 
 Dorfigny. ©title! §ören mir 13 , ma§ er fd)reibt! 
 
 St. t>. Dorfigny (Heft): „§aben @ie bie ©üte, mein 
 „§err, fiel) nod) biefen STbenb in mein §au§ ju bemühen 14 
 „unb ben (S^efontraft mitzubringen 15 , ben ©ie für meine 
 „ Softer aufgefegt Ijaben. 3d) ^abe meine Urfadjen 16 , biefe 
 „§eirat nod) in biefer 5JJad)t 17 ab juf fließen. — Sorfignt)." 
 
 Champagne. S)a Ijaben mir'ä fdjmarj auf meifc 18 ! 
 5Run mirb bie gnäbige grau bod) nid)t mefjr an ber (Sin* 
 mittigung be§ Jpernt JDnfelS jmeifeln 1 ' 9 ? 
 
 I. at your service. 2. to call at my house. 3. what. 4. has 
 been to see you ... 5. his. 6. you don't say so. 7. well, look 
 now. 8. that's why his honour (his grace) was in such a hurry. 
 9. and would not ... 10. he deigned (condescended, was pleased) 
 to leave me this note. 1 1, be pleased to; may it please your 
 honour to. 12. if we could (suppose we were to) use him for 
 yours. 13. let us hear. . 14. Sir, be so kind as to call at my 
 house to-night (this evening). 15. and bring with you. 16. I've 
 good reasons (my reasons) for, mit pres. part. 17. this very night. 
 18. there we've got it in black and white. 19. now, my lady will 
 .surely have do longer any doubt ahoui . . +, 
 
— 71 - 
 
 Sophie. (£3 ift alfo gar nicfjt nötig, baß ber "}Sapa 
 3(jnen fcfjreibt 1 , liebe Butter, bo er btefem £>errn ge* 
 fcf)rieben §at. 
 
 5r. p. Dorfiguy. 2Sa§ ben!en ©ie t>on ber ©atfje 2 , 
 .sperr ©afpar? 
 
 Zlotar. 9hm, biefer 93rief ttmre 3 beuttitf) genug, 
 bäd)^ iclj. 
 
 $x. t>. ©orfigny. 3n ®otte3 tarnen, meine Sin* 
 ber 4 . Setb g(ücftid)! — ©ebt eud) bie §änbe 5 , meit 6 mein 
 SKatm fetbft ben SRotar ^erfcfjidt 7 ! 
 
 SorftgnY- Srifd^, Champagne! ©inen £ifd), B&ex 
 imb £inte; mir toollen gfeief) nnterjeidjnen. 
 
 nttlitv Kuffrttt 
 
 (Dberft ©orfigny. Dalcour. Dorige 
 
 St. p. ZniroilU. §immet 8 ! ®er Dnfel! 
 
 Sophie. 9Jlein SSater! 
 
 Champagne, güfjrt ifjn ber teufet jurücf? 
 
 Dorftguy. Satüof)l, ber Teufel 9 ! SDiefer SSalconr 
 ift mein böfer ©eniu£. 
 
 St. v. Sorftgny. 3ßa3 fef)' id)? 9Kein 3ftann! 
 
 Dalcour eben älteren Sorfigttr; präferttierenb). SBie fdjä^ 
 id) mid) glüdlid) 10 , einen geliebten Steffen in ben ©c£)o§ 
 feiner gamitie jurücffüfjren ju fönnen 11 ! (Sie er ben jüngeren 
 Sorftgnr; gewahr tmrb.) 2Bie 12 , Teufel, ba bift bu ja — 
 (@i# gum älteren S)orfignö toertbenb.) Unb mer finb @ie benn, 
 mein §err? 
 
 I. that papa should write to you; for papa to write to you. 
 2. what's your view of (opinion about) the matter. 3. is. 4. all 
 right, then, my dear children (in heaven's name . . .) 5. join hands. 
 6. since. 7. has sent. 8. good gracious. 9. yes indeed, he does. 
 10. how happy (glad) I am. II. to be able to restore a beloved 
 nephew to the bosom of his family. 12. but, the deuce, there 
 you are already. 
 
— 72 — 
 
 ©berft. ©ein Dnfet, mein §err. 
 
 Dorfigny. 2(ber erllare mir, SSatcour — 
 
 Dalcout>. (£r!(äre bu mit felbft! 3d) bringe in (£r* 
 fafjrung, ba% eine Drbre ausgefertigt fei, btc£) nad) beiner 
 (Sarnifon äurüdjufdjiden. ^tad) unfagtidjer SJlüfje erlange 
 idf), ba§ fie miberrufen mirb 1 . Sdj toerfe mid) auf§ $ferb 3 , 
 id) erteile nod) batb genug bte ^oftdjaife, mo id) bid) ju 
 finben glaubte unb finbe audE) mirftidE) 3 — 
 
 ©berft. ^i)xen gefjorfamen SMener, ftudjenb unb tobenb 
 über 4 einen fcermünfdjten ^oftfnedjt, bem id) (Selb gegeben 
 tjatte, um mid) langfam ju fahren, unb ber midf) toie ein 
 ©turmminb bationfüfjrte 5 . 
 
 Dalcour. Sein §err Onlel finbet e£ nicf)t für gut G , 
 mid) au£ meinem Saturn 51t reiben 7 ; bie Sßoftdjaife lenlt 
 nrieber um, nadE) $ari£ jurüd, unb ba bin id) [nun]. 3d) 
 ijoffe, bu fannft bid} nid)t über meinen Sifer beflagen. 
 
 Sorfigny. @ef)r 8 fcerbunben, mein greunb, für bie 
 mächtigen Sienfte, bie bu mir geleiftet fjaft! ©§ tfjut mir 
 nur leib um bie unenbüdje 99?üf)e 9 , bie bu bir gegeben fjaft. 
 
 ©berft. §err bon SSatcour! äßein Sfteffe erlennt 
 3§re große ©üte biefteicfyt nid)t mit ber gehörigen 10 £)anf* 
 barfeit; aber rennen (Sie [bafür] auf bie meinige. 
 
 St. v. Dorfigny. @ie roaren alfo nid)t untertoegä 
 nad) Sftufjtanb? 
 
 ©ber ft. 2Ba§ Teufel fottte id) 11 in üiufelanb? 
 
 St. t>. Dorfigny. 9fun megen ber tt>id)tigen $om= 
 
 I. I obtain its recall. 2. I mount my horse with the utmost 
 speed. 3. in reality. 4. at. 5. who drove (carried) me along 
 with the swiftness of the wind. 6. your uncle does not think 
 proper. 7. to undeceive (enlighten) me ; to explain to me the 
 whole affair. 8. very much; greatly; extremely; (awfully, slang). 
 
 9. I'm only sorry (that) you should have taken such infinite pains. 
 
 10. with becoming. II. what the deuce should I do . . . 
 
— 73 — 
 
 miffion, bie ba% SDiinifterium Sljnen auftrug 1 , mie @ie bem 
 Champagne jagten. 
 
 (Dberft. 2ltfo 2 mieber ber Kampagne, ber midj 51t 
 biefem fjoljen 5ßoften öeförbert. 3d) bin iljm unenbtidjen 
 2)anf fdjulbig, ba% er fo fjod) mit mir f)tnau£ mill 3 . — 
 Jperr ©afpar, ©ie merben ju ipaufe mein 93idet gefunben 
 Ijaben 4 ; e§ mürbe mir lieb fein, tt>enn ber S^efontralt nodj 
 biefe Sftadjt unterjeidjnet mürbe 5 . 
 
 ttotar. 9Hd)t§ ift leister 6 , gnäbiger §err! SBir 
 maren eben im Segriff, biefc§ ®efd)äft aud) in %\tix 2t6* 
 roefenljett borjunefjmen 7 . 
 
 ©ber ft. ©eljr mo^t! 9Wan verheiratet fidj jumeiten 8 
 ofjne ben SSater; aber roie 9 oljne ben SMutigam, ba§ ift 
 mir bod) nie fcorgefommen 10 . 
 
 St. v. Dorfigny. §ier ift ber Bräutigam! Unfer 
 lieber SReffe! 
 
 ©orfigny. 3a, befter Dnfel! 3d) 6in^. 
 
 ©bcrft. SRein Sfteffe ift ein gang pbfdjer Sunge 11 ; 
 aber meine Softer befommt er nidjt 12 . 
 
 5r. t>. Dorfigny. 9hm, mer foil fie benn fonft be* 
 lommen 13 ? 
 
 ©berjt. SBer, fragen @ie 14 ? 3«m genfer 15 ! S)er 
 §err toon Sormeuil foil fie belommen. 
 
 1. why, on account of the important commission the ministry 
 entrusted you with. 2. so it is. 3. for desiring to promote me 
 to so high a post of honour. 4. I suppose you found. 5. could 
 (would, were to) be signed this very night. 6. nothing more 
 easy. 7. of proceeding with this business. 8. people some- 
 times marry; a wedding sometimes takes place; a marriage is 
 sometimes concluded. 9. but how this can be done. 10. I never 
 heard of before. 11. a very nice youth (young man). 12. he 
 won't get (he shan't marry) ... 13. well, who else is to marry 
 (shall have) her. 14. who, you ask. 15. why, to be sure; 
 of course. 
 
— 74 — 
 
 $r. t>. Sorfigny. @r ift alfo ntd^t tot, bet 1 £>err 
 fcon ßormeuil? 
 
 ©berjt. 3Wd)t bocf) 2 , SRabame! (£r lebt, er ift ijier. 
 Sefjen Sie fid) nur um 3 , bort lontmt er. 
 
 5r. d. Sorfigny. llnb mer ift benn ber §err 4 , 
 ber mit i§m ift? 
 
 ©ber p. ®a§ ift ein ®ammerbiener, itn iperr (£fjam* 
 pagne beliebt fiat, if)tn an bie Seite ju geben 5 . 
 
 ^Ltunitx Bxif Irtft* 
 
 t)ie Dor ig en. Cormeuil mit feinem ttnterofftaier, ber ft$ 
 
 im £üttergrunbe 6 be3 3 immer§ nieberfe^t. 
 
 Cormeuil (sum Oferflett). Sie f Rieten alfo 7 S^rcn 
 Dnfel an 3§rer Statt 8 nadj Strasburg ! $a§ mirb 3$nen 
 nidjt fo f)ingef)en, mein §err 9 . 
 
 ©ber ft. Sief), fic§ bodj 10 ! SBenn bu bid) ja mit 
 ©emalt fdjlagen toiHft 11 , Sormeuit, fo fdjlage bid^ mit 12 . 
 meinem Steffen unb nitf)t mit mir. 
 
 Cormeuil (erf emit i&n). SBie? Sinb Sie ; §? Unb 
 mie fjaben Sie'S gemalt, baft (Sie 13 fo fd^neEC jurüd^ 
 fommen? 
 
 ©ber ft. §ier, bei biefem §errn boit SSakour bebanlen 
 Sie fid) 14 , ber midj au§ greunbftfjaft für meinen Steffen 
 fpornftreid)S jurücff)olte. 
 
 Sorfigny. 3d) begreife Sie nid)t, iperr bon Sor^ 
 
 I. he is not dead then, this. 2. not at all; by no means. 
 3. just you look round for a moment. 4. the gentleman. 5. whom 
 Mr. Ch. has been pleased to give (to select for) him as his 
 attendant. 6. at the back. 7. so you send. 8. in your place 
 (stead). 9. that shall not be passed over so lightly, sir. 10. look 
 you, sir. II. if you absolutely insist on fighting a duel. 12. fight 
 (go out) with. 13. and how did you manage to . . . 14. here, 
 you may thank this . . . 
 
_^?5 — 
 
 meuil. 2Bir toaren ja aU bie beften gteunbe boneinanber 
 gefdfjieben 1 . §aben @ie mir nidjt felbft, nod) ganj fur^ 
 ltd) 2 , alle Sfjre Stnfprüd^e auf 3 bie ipanb meiner ©oufine 
 abgetreten 4 ? 
 
 ©berft. 9ftdjt§, nidjtS! 2>arau§ ttrirb nidjt§ 6 ! 
 Ußeine grau, meine £od)ter, meine 9Mdf)te, mein iKeffe, 
 alle jufammen fottett mid) nid)t fjinbern , meinen . SBitten 
 burdOjufejjen 6 . 
 
 £or meuil. iperr bon SDorfign^! Sßtdf) freute bon 
 Jperjen 7 , ba§ ©ie ton einer Sfteife jurüdE finb, bie ©ie 
 roiber S§ten SBitten angetreten 8 . Slber mir fjaben gut reben 
 unb §eirat£plane fdjmieben 9 , gräülein Sophie ttrirb barum 
 bod) 10 Sfjren Steffen lieben. 
 
 ©berjl. 3d) berftelje nid£)t£ öon biefem attem 11 ! 
 2(ber id) merbe ben ßormeuil nid)t bon Joulon nad) 
 $ari§ gefprengt §aben, baf$ er al£ ein Sunggefeff jutüd* 
 lehren foil 12 . 
 
 Dorfigny. SBaS ba§ betrifft 13 mein Dnfel — fo 
 liege fid) bietteidjt eine 2lu§funft treffen 14 , bafc §err bon 
 ßormeuil leinen bergeblidjen SSeg gemacht Ijätte 15 . — 
 gragen @ie meine ©djroefter. 
 
 I. we liad parted as the best of friends. 2. quite lately. 
 3. to. 4. to cede, to surrender, to resign (to me). 5. nothing 
 of the sort, that won't do at all. 6. from carrying my point; 
 from having my way; from enforcing my will. 7. I am heartily 
 rejoiced (glad). 8. from the trip (journey) you took against 
 your will. 9. but for all our talking and match-making; in 
 spite of all our etc. 10. nevertheless; all the same. 1 1. I don't 
 understand a word of all this. 12. but after inducing L. to 
 hurry up from T. to P. with all speed, I won't allow his re- 
 turning home as a bachelor; but I should not like to have 
 hurried up L. from T. to P., and that he should return etc. 
 13. as to that. 14. an arrangement might perhaps be made. 
 15. so th*t M. de L. should not hav? come here in vain. 
 
— 76 — 
 
 5r. p. mix v ill e. SWic^? 3d) fjabe nidjtS 511 
 fagen. 
 
 £ or meat I. 9htn, fo toitt id) benn reben 1 . 6eiv 
 bon Sorfignt), 3§re glitte ift fret; 6ei ber greunb- 
 fdjaft, baüon @ir mir nod) (jeute einen fo großen 93e= 
 mei§ geben wollten 8 , bitte id) ©ie, berroenben ©ie atten 
 3^ren (Smftufj bet 3 3§rer Hielte, ba$ fie e3 übernehmen 
 möge, S^te 2Sortbrüd)igfeit gegen mid) gutjumadjen. 
 
 ©berft. 23a3? 23te? — 3§t fottt ein Sßaar mcr= 
 ben 4 — unb biefer ©djetm, ber Champagne, foil mir für 
 alle jnfammen bejahen. 
 
 Champagne. ©Ott fott midj tierbammen 5 , gnabiger 
 §err, menn id) nidjt felbft juerft öon ber 2if)nlidjfeit be= 
 trogen würbe. — SSerjeiben Sie mir bie fteine ©parier- 
 faljrt, bie id) ©ie machen IieB G ! G* gefcf)a^ meinem §erm 
 jum heften 7 . 
 
 ©berjt esu betben paaren). 9Jun, fo unterzeichnet! 
 
 1. well, then I will speak. 2. which you desired (wanted) 
 to give me so signal a proof of this very day. 3. with. 4. you 
 two shall be united. 5. I'll be hanged (confounded, cursed). 
 6. the little trip (drive, journey) I made you take. 7. it was all 
 done for the good (in the interest) of my master. 
 
Wöttevvevtf\d\nis. 
 
 ßrflanmö ber SUtfürjungen. 
 
 a. adjective, (ü:tgenfdjaft§roort. adv. adverb, UmftQubSlwort. c. con- 
 junction, SBinbctüort f. feminine gender, roeiblitfjen ©ejd)fedjt§. 
 i. interjection, GnnpfinbungSWort. m. masculine gender, mann* 
 ltdjen ©efdjled)t3. n. neuter gender, fätf)licf)en ©efd)led)t§. p. par- 
 ticiple, $arttcij)him. pi. plural, 5D^e^r§a^I. prn. pronoun, grünuort. 
 prp. preposition, $erlj)ättnt3lt>ort. ▼. a. verb active, tranfttlt>e§ 
 8etttt)0rt. v. imp. verb impersonal, uitperfönltdjeS Seitroort. v - n - 
 verb neuter, intranftttr>e§ 3****°°**- v - r - verb reflexive, %uxüd= 
 
 füljrenbeS 3 e ^ )t)ort - 
 ab, adv. off; — Don ber 23üf)ne, ad),i. ah, oh, alas. — ja,yesindeed. 
 
 exit, pi. exeunt. ad)t, eight; eighth. 
 
 $(benb, m. evening; Ijeute abenb, afy, i. oh. 
 
 this evening, to-night. äljnltd), a. like, resembling; — 
 
 Abenteuer, n. adventure. m feljen, to resemble, 
 
 aber, c. but. ÄljnUdjfeit, f. resemblance, 
 
 abholen, v. a. to go to meet SUbemfjeit, f. nonsense, absurdity, 
 
 ablegen, v. a. to take off allein, a. alone; c. but. 
 
 ablehnen, v. a. to pay off. atterbing§, adv. to be sure, cer- 
 
 abtnadjett, to settle, to arrange. tainly, perfectly. 
 
 $lbrebc, f. counsel. atterliebft, a. delightful, charming. 
 
 2(bretfe, f. departure. allgemein, a. common, 
 
 abreifett, v. n. to set out, to de- al§, c. as, when; than, but; — 
 
 part. ob, as if, as though. 
 
 2lbfd}ieb, m. departure, leave; al§bamt, adv. then. 
 
 ba& —nehmen, leave-taking. alfo, adv. and so, then; — c. 
 abfdjliefjen, v. a. to settle, to therefore. 
 
 conclude, to ratify. alt, a. old; älter, elder, older. 
 
 abfdjneiben, v. a. to cut. ältltd), a. old, oldish, 
 
 abfegen, v. a. to set down. $lmt, n. business; duty. 
 
 Stbftdjt, f. intention. anbieten, v. a. to offer, to present, 
 
 abtreten, v. a. to surrender, to $(nblicf, m. sight, view, look. 
 
 resign. anbringen, v. a. to address, to offer, 
 
 abwarten, v. a. to wait for. anber, a. other; ben — n Xag, 
 
 abrcetfen, v. a. to reject, to re- the next day. 
 
 fuse, to dismiss. anberS, adv. otherwise, 
 
 abroefenb, a. absent, not at home, Anfang, m. commencement, be- 
 away, ginning ; btn — mad)en, to be- 
 5Cblucfenf)eit, f. absence. gin, to commence. 
 
78 
 
 anfangen — ausfegen. 
 
 anfangen, v. a. to begin. 
 anfangt, adv. at first. 
 anfechten, v. a. to disquiet. 
 anflehen, v. a. to implore, 
 anführen, v. a. to deceive. 
 Angelegenheit, f. concern, affair, 
 
 matter, 
 angenehm, a. agreeable, 
 angreifen, v. a. to seize, to lay 
 
 hold of. 
 Angreifer, m. aggressor 
 Angft, f. fear, anxiety, 
 anhalten, v. a. to propose for, 
 
 to sue for the hand of, to 
 
 solicit. 
 Anbänglicfjfeit, f. attachment, 
 anrpren, v. a. to listen to. 
 anfommen v. n. to arrive, to 
 
 return. 
 Anfunft, f. arrival, 
 annehmen, v. a. to put on, to 
 
 assume, 
 anreben, v. a. to accost, 
 anrichten, v. a. to cause, to make, 
 anferjen, v. a. to look at, upon; 
 
 einen für etroaS — , to take 
 
 one for. 
 Anf^rucf), m. claim; pretension, 
 anftatt, prp. instead of. 
 anftecfen, v. a. to infect, 
 aufteilen, v. a. to institute, to 
 
 make. 
 Anteil, m. compassion, 
 antreffen, v. a. to find, 
 anoeitrauen, v. a. to entrust, (to 
 
 intrust), to confide, 
 amoenben, v. a. to use, to em- 
 ploy; roor)! — , to make good 
 
 use of. 
 anäierjen, v. n. to approach; an- 
 gezogen !ovnmen, to come, to 
 
 arrive, 
 arg, a. arrant, arch, bad; adv 
 
 sadly, 
 arm, a. poor. 
 Art, f. manner, way. 
 artig, a. pretty, nice. 
 
 Arttfel, m. article; £>eiratoartifel. 
 pi. marriage-articles, marriage- 
 contract, marriage-settlement. 
 
 aucfj, c. also ; adv. even. 
 
 cmf, prp. upon, on. 
 
 aufbraufen, v. n. to fume, to 
 storm, to rage, to fly into a vio- 
 lent passion. 
 
 aufbraufenb, a. hot tempered. 
 
 aufgeben, v. a. to give up. 
 
 aufhalten, v. a. to delay. 
 
 aufgeben, v. a. to take up, to 
 break off. 
 
 Aufnahme, f. welcome. 
 
 aufnehmen, v. a. to receive, to 
 take up. 
 
 auffd)teben, v. a. to delay, to put off. 
 
 auffegen, v a.todrawup,to prepare. 
 
 auffterjen, v. n. to get up. 
 
 auffurf)en, v. a. to try to find, to 
 'seek out. 
 
 Auftrag, m. commission, charge. 
 
 auftragen, v. a. to entrust (in- 
 trust) with. 
 
 auftreten, v. n. to appear. 
 
 Auftritt, m. scene. 
 
 Aufzug, m. act. 
 
 Auge, n. eye. 
 
 Augenbfid, m. moment. 
 
 auS, prp. out, out of 
 
 ausbezahlen, v. a. to pay. 
 
 ausbleiben, v. n. to stay out, — 
 away, to fail; er rDtrb ntdjt 
 lange — r he will not be long 
 
 auSbrücfen, v. a. to express. 
 
 auSbrucflid), adv. expressly. 
 
 ausfertigen, v. a. to issue. 
 
 ausführbar, a. practicable. 
 
 ausgeben, v. n. to go out. 
 
 AuStunft, f. information. 
 
 auSmatfjen, v. a. to settle, to 
 arrange. 
 
 auSrurjen (fid)), v. r. to rest one's 
 self. 
 
 auSfcrjütten, v. a. to open, to 
 pour out. 
 
 auSferjen, v. n. to l°°k. 
 
Kuäfprud) — Sefifc. 79 1 
 
 $ht§fprucl), m. decision. befieyen, v. a. to bewitch. 
 
 2ht§ftaffierung, f. equipment, dis- beljtlfltdj, be^ülfüct) fein, to assist. 
 
 guise. behüten, v. a. to preserve ; ©ott 
 
 CtU§ftel)en, v. a. to endure. behüte, God forbid. 
 
 CUt§futf)en, v. a. to choose. bei, prp. at, with, on, by. 
 
 ctufcerorbentlid), a. extraordinary; beibe, a. both; bie — n, the two. 
 
 adv. exceedingly. SBetfall, m. consent, approbation. 
 
 2tu§3eid)nung, f. distinction. SBein, n. leg. 
 
 fcctlb, adv. soon. betncdje, adv. almost, nearly. 
 
 23aII, m. ball; auf einem — , at betfette, adv. aside, apart. 
 
 a ball. 23etfptef, n. example, pattern. 
 
 SBcmferott, m. bankruptcy, er §at SBeifianb, m. assistance. 
 
 — gemctdjt, he is a bankrupt, beifteljen, v. a. to assist, 
 
 barm^erjig, a. gracious, merciful, befctmtt, a. known; — mctdjen, to 
 
 $8arml)er5igfeit, f. mercy, com- introduce. 
 
 passion. $8efanntfd)Ctft, f. acquaintance. 
 
 S3afe, f. cousin. be!ennen, v. a. to own, to confess, 
 
 bebauern, v. a. to lament; — befleißen, v. a. to pity; fid) — 
 
 Ictffen, to be very sorry. Über, to complain of. 
 
 bebenfen, v. a. to consider; — befommen, v. a. to get. 
 
 @ie, recollect. beleibtgen, v. a. to offend, toinsult. 
 
 SBebenf en, n hesitation, objection, belieben, v. a. to please; e§ be= 
 
 bebenten, v. n. to mean; 511 — litht Qljnen, you are pleased. 
 
 f)Ctben, to be important, to be 33eloljmtng, f. reward. 
 
 of consequence. bemerfen, v.a.tonotice, toremark. 
 
 bebienen, v. a. to wait upon. bemerftid), a. remarkable, visible. 
 
 23ebiente, m. valet, servant bemühen, v. a. to trouble, 
 
 beenbtgen, v. a^.to settle, to ar- benutzen, v. a. to use. 
 
 range, to finish, to conclude, beobachten, v. a. to observe ; feine 
 
 33efe^l, m. command, order. Sßflidjt — , to perform one's duty, 
 
 befehlen, v. a. to order,to command, beorbem, v. a. to order, 
 
 beftnben (fid)), v. r. to be. 23equemlidjfeit, f. comfort, 
 
 beförbem, v. a. to promote, to call, berufen, v. a. to summon, to call ; 
 
 ^Begebenheit, f. occurrence. fid) — , to appeal to. 
 
 begegnen, v. a. to meet, to befall; beruhigen, v. a. to quiet, to calm; 
 
 v. n. to happen, to take place. fid) — , to calm one's self, 
 
 begehren, v. a. to ask, to request, befänftigen, v. a. to appease. 
 
 to demand. befdjeiben, v. a. to appoint, 
 begleiten, v. a. to accompany. befdjlieften, v. a. to settle, to de- 
 begnügen (fid)), v. r. to be con- termine, to decide, to resolve 
 
 tented. upon, 
 
 begreifen, v. a. to comprehend, befdjretben, v. a. to describe. 
 
 to understand, to make out. SBefdjreibung, f. description. 
 
 SBegriff, m. im —fein, to be on befe^en, v. a. to occupy. 
 
 the point of, to be about to. befinnen (fid)), v. r. to recollect, 
 
 beljcm^ten, v. a. to declare, to 23eft£,m, possession; in —nehmen, 
 
 assert. to take possession of* 
 
80 befttjen — Summfopf. 
 
 befi^en, v. a. to obtain, to possess. SBuridje, m. fellow. 
 
 befoffen,a. drunk. g fietje £. 
 
 23eforgni§, f. anxiety. fca, c. as, because, since; adv. 
 
 befjern, v. a. to reform, to improve, here, there. 
 
 befietfen, v. a. to send for, to order, babei, adv. thereby; — bleiben, 
 
 befr, a. best; —er Onfel, — e to stick to. 
 
 £ante, dearest uncle, — aunt, beigeben, adv. in return, on the 
 
 befiimmert, v. a. to choose, to other hand. 
 
 destine (for). Same, f. lady, 
 
 beftimmt, a. intended, destined, bctmit, c. that, in order that ; adv. 
 
 appointed. therewith, with it. 
 
 Sefucf), m. visit. bam^fert, v. n. to steam, to smoke, 
 
 betrauten, v. a. to observe, to Sanfbarfeit, f. gratitude. 
 
 consider. banfen, v. a. to thank (c ace.) 
 
 ^Betragen, n. conduct, behaviour, barauf, adv. thereupon, afterwards, 
 
 betragen (fid)), v. r. to behave, barinneu, adv. within. 
 
 to conduct one's self. baviiber, adv. about it (that), at 
 
 betreffen, v. a to regard, to concern. (over) it. 
 
 betrübet!, v. a. to grieve; fid) — , bauem, v. n. to last. 
 
 to be vexed at (about). baoonfüljren, v. a. to drive, 
 
 betrügen, v. a. to deceive. batotberfein, v. n. to be opposed to. 
 
 betmnfen, a. drunk, tipsy. becfen, v. a. to cover 
 
 $ett, n. bed. SegenfHdl, m. sword-thrust, stab, 
 
 betören, v. a. to preserve; ©Ott bein, e, — , pr. your. 
 
 beraa^re, God (heaven) forbid, benfen, v. a. to think, to intend. 
 
 23emei3, m. proof. benn, c. for; adv. then. 
 
 Semegung, f. movement, motion, ber, pr. he, who. 
 
 bettmft, a. in question. betb, a. coarse, rude, rough, 
 
 begasten, v. a. to pay. bero, pr. your, yours; his. 
 
 bezeugen, v. a. to display, to show, befto, adv. the; — beffer, all the 
 
 23iHet, n. letter, note. better, so much the better, 
 
 billig, a. moderate, reasonable. beittttd), a. plain clear. 
 
 billigen, v. a. to approve of. bienen, v. a. to serve. 
 
 bleiben, v. n. to remain, to stay. Wiener, m. servant. 
 
 btoJ3, adv. only, merely. 2>ienft, m. service, 
 
 blühen, v. n. to bloom. bod), c. but, however, adv. I hope, 
 
 borgen, v. a. to borrow, to lend. pray, please, nidjt — , not so, 
 
 böfe, a. angry, bad; mein — r surely not 
 
 ©eift, my evil genius. boppett, a. double. 
 
 SBraud), m. custom. brängen, v. a. to press on. 
 
 brausen, v. a. to need, to want, breljen, v. a. to turn. 
 
 s -Öraut,f.bride,betrothed, intended, brei, three. bret§ef)nt, thirteenth. 
 
 SSrautan^ug, m. wedding-dress Sreifrigfeit, f. assurance. 
 
 Bräutigam, m. bridegroom. bringen, v. a. to press, 
 
 brennen, v. a. u. n. to burn. bringenb, a. urgent. 
 
 $3ruber, m. brother. britt, third. 
 
 Sube, m. knave, villain, fellow. Summfopf, m. blockhead. 
 
$imfelf)eit — (£ntmicfelung. 
 
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 SHmfelljeit, f. darkness. 
 
 burdjlefen, v. a. to read. 
 
 biudjfeijen, v. a. to finish, to 
 complete. 
 
 biirfen, v. n. to dare; barf id), 
 may I. 
 
 eben, adv. just. 
 
 ebenfo adv. in the same manner. 
 
 (£belmann, m. nobleman. 
 
 ef)e f el), c. before. 
 
 (£l)eljerr, m. husband. 
 
 (£l)ef ontraft, m. marriage contract. 
 
 (£l)re, f. honour. 
 
 eljren, v. a. to honour. 
 
 Gljrenfacfye, f. affair of honour. 
 
 (£ljrentt>ort, n. word of honour. 
 
 eljditf), a. honest. 
 
 Q:t)rlid)feit, f. honesty. 
 
 et, i. well, ha, ah. 
 
 (Sifer, m. zeal. 
 
 eigen, a. own. 
 
 (£ile, f. hurry, haste. 
 
 eilen, v. n. to hasten, to hurry. 
 
 eilfertig, adv. hastily. 
 
 (Silfertigfeit, speed, expedition. 
 
 einanber, adv. each other. 
 
 einbiiben (ftdj etroa§), v. r. to 
 imagine, to believe. 
 
 (SinbilbungSfraft, f. imagination. 
 
 einerlei, a. the same. 
 
 Einfall, m. idea. 
 
 einfallen, v. n. to occur to; to 
 inspire one; e§ fällt mir nid)t 
 ein, I have no intention at all. 
 
 einfältig, a. silly, ridiculous. 
 
 einfinben (ftcfj), v. r. to repair to, 
 to call, to appear (bet = with). 
 
 (Stnflufj, m. influence. 
 
 einholen, v. a. to catch up, to 
 overtake. 
 
 einig, a. one; — jean, — - werben, 
 i to agree (über, on, upon, about). 
 
 eirifaufen, v. a. to buy, to pur- 
 t chase. 
 
 einlaben, v. a. to invite. 
 
 einlegen, v. a. to gain, to pro- 
 cure, to get. 
 
 einmal, adv. once; nicrjt — , not 
 even. 
 
 einnehmen, v. a. to take. 
 
 einrichten, v. a. to arrange. 
 
 emftfjttefcen, v. a. to shut up, to 
 closet. 
 
 ein£, adv. . of the same opinion ; 
 — fein, — tnerben, to agree. 
 
 etnfeljen, v. a. to see. 
 
 eintreffen, v. n. to arrive. 
 
 eintreten, v. n. to enter. 
 
 etnmenben, v. a. to object (to). 
 
 etnnncfeln, v. a. to wrap up, to 
 envelop. 
 
 einrotlligen, v. n. to agree, to 
 consent. 
 
 Gnnrotfligung, f. consent. 
 
 einjig, a. single, only; sole. 
 
 elf, eleven; elft eleventh. 
 
 (Slfajs, n. Alsace, Alsatia. 
 
 (Smpfang, m. welcome, reception. 
 
 (Sntpfangfdjein, m. receipt. 
 
 empfehlen, v. a. to recommend, 
 to commend ; fief) — , to re- 
 commend one's self. 
 
 (£nbe, n. end; §u — bringen, to 
 finish. 
 
 (£nbe£unter5eid)nete, m. under- 
 signed. 
 
 enblidj, adv. finally, at last. 
 
 (Snget, m. angel. 
 
 englifctj = encjelgletct), a. angelic. 
 
 (5nfeld)en, n." little grand child. 
 
 entbecfen, v. a. to open, to discover. 
 
 entfernen, v. a. to remove. 
 
 entgegen, prp. opposed to; -— 
 fein, to oppose. 
 
 entgegengefe^t, a. opposite. 
 
 entfagen, v. a. to renounce, to 
 give up. 
 
 entfcfjulbigen, v. a. to excuse ; fid) 
 — , to apologize. 
 
 entmeber, c. either; — ober, 
 either ... or. 
 
 entttricfeln, v. a. to explain. 
 
 ©ntttricfelung, f» catastrophe, de- 
 velopment. ^ 
 
82 (Sjribemie — f orbern. 
 
 ©ptbemie, f. epidemic. erft, a. first. 
 
 Cmtäücfen, n. delight ; pm — , erftaunen, v. n. to be astonished. 
 
 beautifully, enchantingly, char- (Srfraunen, n. astonishment; in 
 
 mingly. — fe£en, to astonish, to amaze; 
 
 erbaulidj, a. comforting, edifying, gum — , astonishing. 
 
 refreshing, erftctunlid), a. astonishing. 
 
 (£rbfdjaft, f. inheritance. erftedjen, v. a. to run through 
 erfahren, v. a. to hear, to learn. with a sword, to kill. 
 
 (£rfaf)rung, f experience; in — erfudjen, v. a. to request. 
 
 bringen, to learn. ertragen, v. a. to bear. 
 
 (Srfinbung, f. invention. erroarten, v. a. to wait for, to 
 erforbern, v. a. to demand, to await, to expect. 
 
 require. (Srroartung, f. expectation, 
 
 erfreuen (fid)), v. r. to rejoice. ertoerben, v. a. to gain, to acquire, 
 
 erfreut fein, to be delighted (re- ersten, v. a. to tell, to relate. 
 
 joiced). erzeigen, v. a. to show; einen 
 erfüllen, v. a. to fulfil, to comply S)ienft — , to render, (to do) 
 
 with. a service, 
 
 ergeben, a. devoted, attached; ergießen, v. a. to bring up. 
 
 — fter Wiener, most faithful (Sfet, m. jackass, fool. 
 
 (humble) servant. (Pforte, f. escort, 
 
 ergeben (ftdj), v. r. to yield, to eskortieren, v. a. to escort. 
 
 consent. ettidje, pi. a. some, a few. few. 
 
 (üsrgöjjlidjfett, f. amusement. f ä^ig r a capable; ready, 
 
 ergreifen, v. a. to seize. fahren, v. a. to drive, 
 
 ergriinben, v. a. to fathom, to gall, m. case, situation. 
 
 penetrate. fatten, v. n. to fall, 
 
 ermatten, v. a. to receive. gamtlie, f. family, 
 
 erinnern, v. a. to remind, (an — of) ; garbe, f. complexion. 
 
 fid) — , to remember (c. ace.) faffen, v. a. to take, 
 
 erlennen, v. a. to recognise, to faft, adv. scarcely, hardly, almost. 
 
 acknowledge. geber, f. pen. 
 
 erfenntltdj, a. grateful. Seller, m. fault, 
 
 erflären, y. a. to state, to ex- feftne^men, v. a. to arrest. 
 
 plain; ftdj — , to explain one's feurig, a. passionate; adv. pas- 
 self, sionately. 
 
 erlangen, v. a. to obtain, to Srtgur, f. figure. 
 
 acquire. ftnben, v. a. to find, 
 
 erlauben, v. a. to allow. flefjen, v. a. to beg. 
 
 (Srlaubm§, f. permission. fteifjig, a. industrious. 
 
 (£rnft, m. earnest, seriousness. fliegen, v. n. to flee, to fly, to 
 emft^aft, adv. seriously. run away, 
 
 ©roberung, f. conquest. fluten, v. n. to curse (auf, at). 
 
 erraten, v. a. to guess. &lud)t, f. flight, escape. 
 
 eiTeidj)en,v. a. to overtake, to reach, folgen, v. n. to follow, 
 
 erfdjrecfen, v. a. to frighten, to folglich, adv. consequently. 
 
 alarm. forbem, v. a. to ask, to demand. 
 
fövbern — gem. 
 
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 förbem, v. a. to advance to 
 
 promote, 
 fort, adv. gone, away. 
 forteilen, v. n. to hurry off. 
 fortfahren, v. n. to continue, 
 fortreifen, v. n. to set off, to depart, 
 fragen, v. a. to ask. 
 3rran$, m. Frank, Francis, 
 grau, f. woman, lady; (£l}efrau, 
 
 wife, Mrs; grau oon 2), Ma- 
 dame de D. ob. Mrs D. 
 grrctuletn, n. miss, young lady, 
 frei, a. clear; disengaged, free, 
 freiltdj, adv. to be sure, certainly, 
 greube, f. joy (über = at). 
 freuen (ftdj), v. r. to be delighted 
 
 (über = at), to be glad (of), 
 grreunb, m. friend, 
 greunbfcfyaft, f. friendship. 
 frifd),a.u.adv. quick. — ju, quick, 
 frtfdjmeg, adv. quick, quickly, 
 froftig, a. cold, frosty, 
 frülj, a. u. adv. early, 
 fügen, v. a. to unite; fid) — , to 
 
 chance, to happen, 
 führen, v. a to lead, to bear; 
 
 etne(2>ad)e — , to plead a cause; 
 
 einen tarnen ■— , to bear a name, 
 fünf, five; fünft, fifth. 
 fünf§efjn, fifteen, 
 fündig, fifty, 
 gunfe, m. spark, 
 für, prp. for; — fid), aside, 
 fürdjten, v. a. to fear; fid) — -, to 
 
 be afraid of. 
 gufc, m. foot; fid) einem §u tSrüfeeu 
 
 werfen, to fall down (to throw 
 
 one's self down) at a person's 
 
 feet. 
 <£age, f. wages. 
 
 galant, a. polite, attentive, gallant, 
 gang, a. whole ; adv. quite ; ben 
 
 — en Sag, all day. 
 gar, adv. very ; — nid)t, not at all. 
 ©arnifon, f. garrison, 
 garfttg, adv. disagreeably, badly, 
 
 thoroughly. 
 
 ©arten, m. garden 
 
 ©artenfaal, m. drawing-room in 
 a summer residence. 
 
 ©aubieb, m. rogue. 
 
 ©auner, m. swindler. 
 
 ©ebieter, m. master. 
 
 ©ebieterin, f. mistress; sweet- 
 heart, lady-love. 
 
 ©ebraud), m. use. 
 
 Qtebltlb, f. patience. 
 
 gebulbig, a. patient, long-suffer- 
 ing; adv. patiently. 
 
 ©ebu(b|)robe, f. trial of patience. 
 
 ©efaüen, m. favour, pleasure. 
 
 gefällig, a. obliging, kind, gentle. 
 
 gegen, prp. towards. 
 
 (Gegenteil, n. contrary; tm — , 
 on the contrary. 
 
 ©egner, m. adversary. 
 
 geheim, a. secret. 
 
 ©efjeimni§, n. secret, mystery. 
 
 ge^en, v. n. to go. 
 
 gefyordjen, v. a. to obey. 
 
 gehörig, a. becoming, proper, re- 
 quisite, necessary. 
 
 gefyorfam, a. obedient. 
 
 ©elbmäüer, m. money-broker. 
 
 gelegen, a. convenient. 
 
 Gelegenheit, f. opportunity, oc- 
 casion. 
 
 (Meit§mann, m. guide, com- 
 panion, conductor. 
 
 geliebt, a. beloved. 
 
 ©eltebte, m. u. f. lover; mistress 
 
 gelten, v. n. to cost, to have in- 
 fluence ; für ettoa§ — , to pass for. 
 
 gemad), adv. gently, softly. 
 
 ©emat)l, m. husband. 
 
 ®eniu§, m. genius. 
 
 genug, adv. enough. 
 
 gerabe, a. straight; adv. just. 
 
 geridjtlidj, adv. at law. 
 
 gertngft, a. least; im —en, in 
 the least. 
 
 gern, adv. willingly, gladly; redjt 
 — , right (very) willingly, with 
 the greatest pleasure. 
 
84 ©efdjäft — r)erein£ommen. 
 
 ©efd)äft, n. business. cious; adj — , good heavens, 
 
 gefdjefjen, v. n. to happen. — fei $anf, heaven be praised. 
 
 ©efd)td{id)tett, f. skill. graufam, a. cruel, terrible. 
 
 ©efd)mad, m. taste, liking. greifen, v. a. to seize. 
 
 ©efd)raä£, n. rubbish, idle talk, ©rimaffe, f. grimace, 
 
 gefdjttrinb, adv. quick. ©roll, m. animosity, ill will. 
 
 ©efdjnunbigfeit, f. haste; in aller groft, a. great. 
 
 — , in the greatest haste. ©rb'&e, f. height, size, 
 
 ©efelf, m. fellow. großmütig, a. magnanimous ; adv. 
 
 ©efeüfdjaft, f. company, society. — ly, graciously. 
 
 gefegt {baft), c. suppose (that). grüben, v. a. to salute, to bow to. 
 
 ©eftd)t, n. face; mir ilt§ — , to gut, a. good, dear. 
 
 my face. ©Ute, f. kindness, 
 
 gefpornt, a. spurred; geftiefelt gutmadjen, v. a. to repair, to 
 
 itnb — , booted and spurred. redress, to make amends for. 
 
 ©eftalt,f. appearance, shape .figure, SpCLtiT, n. hair, 
 
 ©eftchtbnty, n. confession. galten (für), v. a. to take for, to 
 
 gefterjen, v. a. to confess. hold, to estimate, 
 
 ©efunbrjeit, f. health. §alunfe, m. scamp, rascal, rogue. 
 
 geroa^r loerben, v. n. to become |>anb, f. hand. 
 
 aware of, to perceive. föänbet, pi. m. quarrel; — 6e= 
 
 ©eroalttrjatigfeit, f. violence. fommen, to have a quarrel. 
 
 gewinnen, v. a. to gain, to win fjctffen, v. a. to dislike, to hate. 
 
 getüife, a. certain, sure; adv. — ly, Hauptmann, m, captain. 
 
 ©eiDtffen, n. conscience. .Spauj) trolle, f. principal part, 
 
 gettuffenrjaft, a. conscientious; |)au§, n house. 
 
 adv. — ly. Haushaltung, f. household. 
 
 ©etnorjuljett, f. habit. ^»eftlQ, a. violent, ardent, 
 
 geiuoljnt fein, v. n. to be accusto- heilig, a. sacred, solemn. 
 
 med to. rjeimlictj, adv. low, softly, secretly. 
 
 glauben, v. a. to think, to expect. I)eim5af)len, v. a. to retaliate, to 
 
 gleid], a. equal, like; adv. = fogletd), give tit for tat. 
 
 immediately, at once, quickly. ,f)eirat, f. marriage, 
 
 gfctdjen, v. a. to resemble. fjeiraten, v. a. to marry. 
 
 ©lud, n. luck; jitm — , luckily. £>eivat£f on traft, m. marriage- 
 
 glüden, v. n. to succeed. contract. 
 
 g(Üdlid), a. lucky, happy, success- fjeifj, a. warm, hot. 
 
 ful, safe, prosperous. rjeißeu, v. n. to be called, 
 
 ©nabe, f, grace, pity, favour, fjelfen, v. a. to help. 
 
 Guer — n, Your Grace. feller, m. farthing, 
 
 gnäbig, a. gracious; meine ©net- heraushelfen, v. a. to help (get) 
 
 bige, my lady, Your Grace a person out of a difficulty, 
 
 (bod) nur jurjodjabligen Stamen, rjerausfommen, v. n. to come 
 
 fonft Madam) — er §err, my from (out). 
 
 lord, your honour; — e grau, fjerau<3fagen, v.a.tospeakup (out). 
 
 my lady, your honour. rjereinfommen, v. n. to enter, to 
 
 ©Ott, God; mein — , good gra- come in. 
 
tjevetntreten — ®rieg§fcunerab. 
 
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 fjereintreten, v. n. to enter. 
 
 Ijerlommen, v. n. to arrive, to 
 come here. 
 
 £err, m. sir, master; gnäbiger — , 
 honoured sir, your honour, my 
 lord ; mein - , sir ; meine —en, 
 gentlemen. 
 
 §errlid)feit, f. happiness. 
 
 f)erfcfjicfen, v. a. to send. 
 
 fyertoorljolen, v. a. to take out of. 
 
 ^erborfommen, v. n. to come on 
 the stage. 
 
 §ertt)eg, m. way here (hither). 
 
 |)er§,n. heart; Don — en, sincerely. 
 
 Ijerältdj, a. cordial, hearty, affec- 
 tionate ; adv. heartily, cordially. 
 
 l)eute r adv. to-day. 
 
 Ijiefjer (^ier^er), adv. here. 
 
 permit, adv. herewith. 
 
 |)immei, m. heaven; barmherziger 
 — , good heavens. 
 
 f)immiifd), a. heavenly, delightful. 
 
 hinauf, adv. up. 
 
 I)inau3füegen, v. n. to fly. 
 
 Ijinbern, v. a. to hinder, to prevent. 
 
 fjinter, prp. behind. 
 
 f>intergrunb, m.back,background. 
 
 |)intertpr, f. back-door. 
 
 fyinroeg, adv. away; fo — eilen, 
 to run away so fast. 
 
 £)iob, m. Job. 
 
 §i£e, f. heat, ardour. 
 
 f)m, i. hum. 
 
 f)od)geneigt, a. honorable. 
 
 §od)§eit, f. wedding; gur — , auf 
 ber — , at the wedding. 
 
 ^odjjeitgefdjenf, n. wedding- 
 present. 
 
 §of, m. court; btn — madjen, 
 to pay court to. . 
 
 fjb'fttd), adv. courteously, politely. 
 
 fjolen, v. a. to take, to fetch. 
 
 f)otta, i. hollo, holla. 
 
 £öHe, f. hell. 
 
 f)ören, to hear, to listen to. 
 
 Ijiibfd), a. pretty. 
 
 |mlbigung, f. homage. 
 
 £mmor, m. humour. 
 
 ^unbertmal, adv. a hundred times. 
 
 &X0 (®naben) f your honour. 
 
 Qt)rerfeit§ f adv. on your part. 
 
 immer, adv. always, ever; für 
 — , for ever. 
 
 inbeiS, adv. meanwhile, in the 
 mean time. 
 
 innig, adv. deeply, heartily, sin- 
 cerely. 
 
 Srrtum, m. error. 
 
 Jet, adv. yea, yes. 
 
 Summer, m. grief, misfortune, pity. 
 
 jcttuo^l, adv. yes indeed. 
 
 jeber, e, e», prn. every one. 
 
 jebermemn, prn. every one, every- 
 body. 
 
 jememb, prn. somebody. 
 
 je|t, adv. now; eben (gerabe) — , 
 just now. 
 
 jung, a. young. 
 
 Sunge, m. youth, young man. 
 
 gunggefeU, m. bachelor. 
 
 SultJeiter, m. jeweller. 
 
 Kabinett, n. side-room. 
 
 Cammerbiener, m. valet. 
 
 Carte, f. plan. 
 
 faum, adv. scarcely. 
 
 Celjle, f. throat; bte — abfdjneiben, 
 to cut the throat. 
 
 lehren, v. a. to turn. 
 
 lein, a. not a, none. 
 
 Cerl, m. fellow. 
 
 Cinb, n. child. 
 
 it&Ucfj, a ticklish, nice, difficult. 
 
 flatfcfjen, v. n. to crack. 
 
 Hein, a. little. 
 
 Hug, a. clever. 
 
 Commtffton, f. commission,charge. 
 
 Compliment, n. compliment. 
 
 Komplott, n. conspiracy, plot. 
 
 Copf, m. head. 
 
 Cofiiim, n. uniform; costume. 
 
 Iran!, a. ill. 
 
 Crebit, m credit, account. 
 
 Criegälamerab, m. brother officer, 
 fellow-soldier. 
 
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 £üdie — mitnehmen. 
 
 ftudje, f. kitchen. 
 
 fünftig, a. future, intended. 
 
 titrier, m. courier. 
 
 £urierftiefel, m. jackboot 
 
 furjlid), adv. lately, shortly. 
 
 £utfd)e, f. carriage, coach. 
 
 lachen, v. d. to laugh; (über, at). 
 
 £age, f. situation. 
 
 Safai, m. valet, footman, lackey. 
 
 fang,, a. long. 
 
 langfam, adv. slowly. 
 
 Scirm, m. noise. 
 
 ictffen, v. a. to allow, to let. 
 
 laut, a. loud, aloud. 
 
 lauter, adv. mere, pure. 
 
 leben, v. n. to live, to be alive 
 
 (living). 
 £eben, n. life, 
 le&enbtg, a alive; lively, 
 lebhaft, a. lively, active. 
 legen, v. a. to put. 
 feidit, a. easy ; adv. easily. 
 
 leid)tftnnig, a. thoughtless. 
 
 letb, a. sorry; eg ttjUt (ift) mir — , 
 I am sorry; einein etlutä JU= 
 
 letbe tbun, to do a person harm, 
 leiben, v. a. u. n. to suffer. 
 leife, adv. softly, aside, 
 leiften, v. a. to do, to render ; 
 
 ©efeOfdmft — , to bear (keep) 
 
 company. 
 (efcit, v. a. to read, 
 lent, a. last. 
 leuduen, v. a. to light, 
 leugnen, v. a. to deny. 
 Seute, pi. people, servants. 
 L'hombre (bomber) n. ein &arten= 
 
 fpiel. 3>a§ SBort in fuanifdicn 
 
 llr'nrung,« unb bebeutet „ber 
 
 SRann.« 
 liidU, n. candle, 
 lieb, a. dear; e§ ift mir — , I am 
 
 obliged (gladV 
 lieben, v. a to love, 
 liebensiuurbig, a. nice, lovely, 
 
 amiable, 
 lieber, adv. rather. 
 
 liebhaben, v. a. to love. 
 
 Siebfjaber, m. lover. 
 
 lieberlid), a. dissipated, wild; 
 
 trüber — , spendthrift, rake. 
 liegen, to lie. 
 litt!, a. left; jur fitnten, on the 
 
 left. 
 [Öfen, v. a. to unravel, to explain. 
 lr>5gef)ert, v. n. to begin. 
 loemadien (fid)), v. r. to get away. 
 Sotterbube, m. scoundrel, rascal. 
 ßuft, f. desire, inclination. 
 luftig, a. amusing. 
 Suftfptel, n. comedy. 
 tttad)en, v. a. to make, to do. 
 mäduig, a. mighty, powerful ; able. 
 9W ab dj en. n. girl. 
 9)tama. f. mamma. 
 Sftanit, m. husband, gentleman. 
 
 äftantet, m. cloak. 
 
 marfd), i. off, march. 
 aRaSfe. f. mask. 
 
 mäßigen, v. a. to moderate. 
 
 3RaferegeI, f. measures, pi. 
 
 me^r, adv. more ;nid)t—, no longer-. 
 
 9JZet(e, f. mile. 
 
 mein, c, — , prn. my. 
 
 meinen, v. n. to think, to mean. 
 
 es gut — , to mean well. 
 meinetwegen, adv. for my sake, 
 
 for aught I care, as you like. 
 SDfenfd), m. man, gentleman. 
 inerten, v. a. to remark. 
 9Ktet£utjd)e, f. hackney-coach. 
 aWinifteriltm, n. ministry. 
 mifchen (ftcb brent\v. r. to interfere. 
 miiVallen, v. n. to displease. 
 mißlingen, v. n. to miscarry, to 
 
 fail. ' 
 3ttif>DC rftanbttU , n. misunder- 
 
 standig 
 mitbringen, v. a. to bring (with 
 
 one\ 
 miteinander, adv. together, with 
 
 one another, 
 mitnenmen. v. a. to take (with 
 
 one». 
 
mlttemaett — Sßeitfäe. 87- 
 
 mtttcm§en, v. n. to join in the ntdjt, adv. not; — bod), surely not. 
 
 dance. 9ßtd)te, f. niece, 
 
 mitteilen, v. a. to impart. nitf)t§, nothing; — a(§, nothing 
 
 5ttobefjänbIertn, f. milliner. but. 
 
 mögen, v. n. to like, to wish. niebergefdjlageu, a. downcast, 
 
 mögUdj, a. possible. dejected. 
 
 Sftonat, m. month. nieberfdjlagen, v. a. to cast down, 
 
 borgen, m. morning; fjeute to depress. 
 
 morgen, this morning. nteberfetsen, v. a. to put down; 
 
 morgen, adv. to-morrow. fid) — , to sit down. 
 
 2ftüf)e, f. trouble, pains (pi.). niemanb, no one, nobody (— a(3, 
 
 yjlunb, m. mouth. — but). 
 
 SÄünjc. f. coin. nimmermehr, adv. never, 
 
 muffen, v. n. to be obliged. nod), adv. yet, still; — nid)t, not 
 
 9Jhtt, m. courage. yet; — mtf)t gang, not quite. 
 
 Gutter, f. mother. 9Zotar, m. notary. 
 
 9ttütje, f. cap, bonnet. nötig, a. necessary. 
 
 Jtad), prp. after, according to, to. nötigen, v. a. to oblige, to compel, 
 
 nadjbem, c. after. nottnenbtg, a. necessary, 
 
 nachgeben, v. n. to yield, to nun, adv. well, why, now; — 
 
 consent. benn, well then, 
 
 nadjlattfett, v. n. to run after. nur, adv. only, but, solely. 
 
 *ftad)ridjt, f. news, intelligence, nüi^ttd), a. useful; — fein, to be 
 
 nctd)finnen, v. n. to reflect, to think, of use (to), to serve (c. ace.) 
 
 •ftadjt, f. night; biefe — , to- ob, c. whether. 
 
 night; gu — tyeifen, to sup. oben, adv. above, 
 
 •ftctdjteffen, n. supper. Dberfr, m. colonel, 
 
 ndje, a near. DberftHetitenant, m. lieutenant- 
 
 nö^em (ftdj), v. r. to approach. colonel, 
 
 kernte, m. name; einerlei — n obgleich, c. although. 
 
 führen, to bear (to have) the ober, c. or. 
 
 same name. offen, adv. freely, plainly, openly. 
 
 Sftctrr, m. \ f , öffentlich, a. public. 
 
 Närrin, f. | I001, Offijicr, m. officer, 
 
 närrifd), a. foolish. oljne, prp. without, 
 
 ncttürlitf), a. natural. Onfel, m. uncle. 
 
 Nebenbuhler, m. rival. orbentlicr), a. u. adv. orderly, 
 
 Dtfeffe, m. nephew. regular; regularly, 
 
 nehmen, v. a. to take ; auf ftdj Drber, Drbre, f. order, command. 
 
 — , to take upon one's self; Drbnimg, f. order. 
 
 Übel — , to take offence (at). Dftinbten, n. East Indies. 
 
 Neigung, f. love, affection (for), tyaav, n. pair, couple ; pemr, a few. 
 
 attachment. $ctdjter, m. tenant, 
 
 nennen, v. a. to call. jJctcfen, v. a. to place. 
 
 Sfteft, n. nest. ^ctpct, m. papa, 
 
 neunt, ninth. $artie, f. match, 
 
 neunsefjnt, nineteenth. ^eitftfje, f. whip. 
 
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 $erfon — ©a$e. 
 
 $erfon, f. character, 
 Sßerücfe, f. wig. 
 $eter§burg, St Petersburgh. 
 Sßferb, n. horse, 
 $flicfjt, f. duty, 
 $förtdjett, n. wicket 
 
 $iftole, f. pistole feme (Mbmibi^)* 
 
 plagen,, v c a a to dun, to bother, 
 to harass, to molest. 
 
 $Ian, m. plan. 
 
 $la|, m. place; — , i. make 
 room (way), 
 
 £lcmbertt, v. n. to blab, to talk. 
 
 plÖ^ltdj, adv. suddenly. 
 
 Sßoltgei, f. police, police office. 
 
 Sßoftdjaife, f. post-coach. 
 
 $often, m. sum ; post, place. 
 
 ^ofrilton (Sßoftiüion), m. \ postil- 
 
 $oftfned)t, m. J lion, 
 
 $oft£ferb, m. post-horse. 
 
 $oftfrraJ3e f f. high road. 
 
 $oftmed)feI, m. stage, change of 
 horses. 
 
 präventieren, v. a. to present. 
 
 prefftert, adv. quick, urgently. 
 
 $robe, f. proof. 
 
 $rüge(, pi. m. stripes, lickings, 
 ill-treatment. 
 
 Sßunft, m. point; — elf Itfjr, 
 punctually at eleven. 
 
 pünfttid}, a. punctual; adv. — ly. 
 
 $U$fjanbIerin, f. milliner, dress- 
 maker. 
 
 $u$fad)en, pi. f. dress, matters 
 of dress. 
 
 Quiproquo (quidproquo = roa§ 
 für ma§, ein§ fürg anbere) =■- 
 Sftifjberftänbntg, 8erfe$ett, mis- 
 take. 
 
 Quittung, f. receipt; eine — ba= 
 ruber, a receipt for it. 
 
 Ofrtdje, f. revenge. 
 
 rafenb, a.- mad. 
 
 Sftaferet, f. madness. 
 
 ffiat, m. advice; — geben, to 
 advise. 
 
 raten, v. a. to advise. 
 
 ftätfel, n. riddle. 
 
 Käufer, m. duellist, bully. 
 
 rauf;, a. rude. 
 
 recfjnen, v. a. (auf) to reckon on, 
 
 to count on. 
 9red)mmg, f. reckoning; ftrfj — 
 
 madden auf. to count (rekon) 
 
 upon (on), 
 redjt, a. right; adv. very; — 
 
 Ijaben, to be right, 
 [ftedjt, n. right (auf on). 
 reef] tf djaffen, a. honest. 
 eRebe, f. speech, conversation. 
 reben, v. a. u. n. to speak, to 
 
 talk, 
 reblirf), a. honest; adv. — ly. 
 Regierung, f. government. 
 reiben, v. a. to rub. 
 reidjen, v. a. to hand, to present, 
 
 to give, 
 rein, adv. quite. 
 !Reife, f. journey, trip; eine große 
 
 — , a long journey. 
 reifen, v. a to travel, to set out. 
 reiben, v. a. to tear. 
 reiten, v. a. u. n. to ride; to 
 
 impel, to urge. 
 reiben, v. a. to please, to charm, 
 
 to tickle. 
 9ftenbe§t)0U§, n. rendezvous, place 
 
 of meeting, 
 retten, v. a. to save, 
 rid) riß, a. right; adv. very. 
 SRocf, m. coat. 
 Sftolle, f. part; Me — burdjfüfjren, 
 
 to play the part through, 
 rüdgängig mad)en,v. a.to break off. 
 SJfödftanb, m. arrears (pi.), 
 rufen, v. a. u. n. to call, to cry, 
 
 to exclaim. 
 ru^en, v. n. to rest. 
 rurjtg, a. quiet; adv. peacefully, 
 rühmen (fid)), v. r. to boast (of 
 
 a thing). 
 D^uBfanb, n. Russia. 
 <2>aal, m. drawing-room. 
 Södje, f. thing, matter, affair. 
 
fatfjte — fallen. 
 
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 fachte, adv. gently. 
 
 ©anft Petersburg, St. Petersburg. 
 
 (scene, f. scene 
 
 fdjabe, i. what a pity. 
 
 fdjarf, a. strict, severe. 
 
 fdjctrmartt, a. charming. 
 
 fd)ät}ert, v. a. to value, to esteem. 
 
 ftiViben, v. n. to part, to separate. 
 
 fdjeinert, v. n. to appear to seem. 
 
 fdjenfen, v. a. to give. 
 
 ©djelm, m. rogue, rascal. 
 
 ©djeftnftretrf), m. roguish (rascally, 
 knavishUrick, roguery, rascality. 
 
 ©djer^, m. joke; — beifeite, 
 joking apart, without joking. 
 
 fdjer^en, v. n. to joke. 
 
 fd)tden, v. a. to send. 
 
 ©d]teb§rtdjter, m. umpire, arbi- 
 trator. 
 
 fcfylafen, v. n. to sleep. 
 
 ©d)lag, m. sort, kind; Qeutt Don 
 meinem — , persons (gentlemen) 
 like me ; — elf Ul)r, upon the 
 stroke of eleven. 
 
 fdjlagen, v. a. to beat; fid) mit 
 einem — , to fight (to have a 
 duel) with one. 
 
 ©ditägeret, f. duel. 
 
 ©d)mer§, m. sorrow, grief. 
 
 fdjmieben, v. a. to forge. 
 
 fdjnetben, v. a. to cut; ©eud)ter 
 — , to make grimaces (faces). 
 
 fdjneH, a. quick ; adv. quickly, fast. 
 
 fdjon,. adv. already. 
 
 fd)ön, a. nice, pretty. 
 
 fdjonen, v. a. to spare. 
 
 ©d)0J3, m. lap; im — feiner g-cu 
 milie, in the bosom of his 
 family. 
 
 ©tfjrecten, m. fear, terror. 
 
 fdjreiben, v. a. to write (an — to). 
 
 ©djreibtafel, f. tablets, pocket 
 book. 
 
 ©d)retbtifcb, m. writing-desk, 
 writing-table. 
 
 6tf)iid)ternf)eir, f shyness, timi- 
 dity, bashfulnessj modesty. 
 
 ©djulb, f. fault; ©djltlben, debts, 
 fdiulbtg fein, v. a. to owe. 
 ©djulbigfeit, f. duty. 
 ©d)urfe, m. rascal, scoundrel. 
 fdiittteln, v. a. to shake, 
 ©rflluager, m. brother-in-law; 
 
 postillion (TO 3, Scene 3). 
 fduuafcen; v - n. to talk, to gossip, 
 
 to chatter. 
 ©d)iuetJ3, m. perspiration, 
 fcbroer, a. heavy; — öerrounbet, 
 
 severely wounded; — fjalten, 
 
 to be difficult, 
 fcfyuennittig, a. melancholy, sor- 
 rowful, low-spirited. 
 6d)tr>efter, f. sister. 
 ©d)tr>tegerfoI)n, m. son-in-law. 
 ©d)ttrinbelfo|?f, m. thoughtless 
 
 fellow, madcap, 
 fdjratnbeln, v. n. e£ fdjrotnbeft 
 
 mir, I feel giddy (dizzy), the 
 
 world is going round with me. 
 fd)tt>ören, v. a. it. n. to swear. 
 fecbS, six; fed) ft, sixth. 
 ©ecle, f. soul, mind. 
 Men, v. a. to see; fiel) ba, behold. 
 fefyr, adv. much, very, highly ; redjt 
 
 — , very much, 
 feit, adv. \ . 
 
 feitbem, c it. adv. f smce * 
 (Beile, f. side; beifeile, aside. 
 felbfrgefctflig, adv. self-compla- 
 
 cently. 
 feltfam, a. strange, singular,curious. 
 ©ergecmt, m. sergeant, 
 fefen, v. a. to put; gefe£t, suppose, 
 feufeen, v. n. to sigh. 
 ©idjerftett, f. safety, 
 fteben, seven; fiebent, seventh, 
 ©ieg, m. victory, 
 ftegeln, v. a. to seal. 
 fmnretdj, a. clever, ingenious, 
 fo, adv. indeed, so. 
 fobalb (al§), c. as soon as. 
 foflen, v. n. to have (to be) to; 
 
 er foil betraten, he is to marry 
 
 (to be married). 
 
90 fonberbar - tot. 
 
 fonberbar, a. singular, strange, fttff, a. quiet, still; i. hush 
 
 curious, extraordinary. fiiflftefjen, v n. to be at an end. 
 
 fonft, adv. otherwise, else. ©timme, f. voice. 
 
 <Bo$i)\t, f. Sophia. Timmen, v. a. to bring round 
 
 ©orge, f. care; fei aufcer — n, (over). 
 
 never fear. ©tocf, m. cane, stick. 
 
 forgfältig, adv. carefully, cauti- ©tocfprügel, pi. m. cuts with a 
 
 ously. cane, stripes; licking, flogging, 
 
 foiriel, c. as far as, as much as; frören, v. a. to disturb, to inter- 
 
 — id} iretfc, as far as I know. rupt. 
 
 fpafjtjaft, a joking, jesting. frrafen, v. a. to punish, 
 
 fpctgieren, v. n. to take a walk. (Strasburg, Strasbourg. 
 
 ©>J)aäierfat)rt, f. drive; excursion, ©trajse, f. street; auf ber — , in 
 
 ©Jriel, n. game, play. the streets, 
 
 fpielen, v. a. to act, to perso- ©tretd), m. trick. 
 
 nate, to play. (Streit, m. dispute, 
 
 fpomen, v. a. to spur; gefriefelt ©tube, f. room; $inberfrube, 
 
 unb gedornt, booted and nursery. 
 
 spurred. ©tunbe, f. hour. 
 
 fpornftreid£)§, adv. at full speed. ©turmroinb,m.tempest, hurricane, 
 
 fpottroeife, adv. ironically, ftu£en, v. a. to start. 
 
 f})red)en, v. n. to speak; einen—, fublim, a. sublime. 
 
 to speak with one. fucfyen, v. a. to look for, to seek, 
 
 ©pritng, m. leap, spring. to try. 
 
 ©taat§angelegent)eit, f. state affair, ©iinbe, f. sin. 
 
 ©tabt, f. town, city. Sag, m. day ; t>tn ganzen — , 
 
 ©tanb, m. condition; im ftcmbe all day. 
 
 fein,to be able ;guftanbe bringen, £ante, f. aunt, 
 
 to bring about, guftanbefommen, tanken, v. n. to dance. 
 
 to take place, to come to pass. £augenid)t§, m. good-for-nothing 
 
 frarf, a. strong. (worthless) fellow, scamp, 
 
 ftott, prp. instead of; §u ftütten Xäufdjung, f. deception. 
 
 fommen, to be useful to, to tauf enbmal, adv. a thousand times, 
 
 help. teilen, v. a. to divide, to share, 
 
 ftatttidj, a. stately. Xeufel, m. devil, deuce, 
 
 ftecfen, v. a. to hide, to put; to Skater, m. thaler. 
 
 stick. ttjun, v. a. to do. 
 
 fter)en, v. n. to stay, to stand. tief, a. deep, 
 
 ©telle, f. place; auf ber — , on Stinte, f. ink. 
 
 the spot, at once, immediately, Sifdj, m. table. 
 
 directly; non ber — fommen, toben, v. n. to rage. 
 
 to get on, to make progress. £od)ter, f. daughter. 
 
 fteHen, v. a. to place ; fid) — , to töbttct), a. mortal. 
 
 pretend. toll, a. mad. 
 
 fierben, v. n. to die. Son, m. tone, 
 
 fterblidj, a. mortal ; adv. mortally, tot, a. dead ; — fd}(agen, to kill, 
 
 ©tid}, m. thrust. to slay. 
 
£racf)t — terbtnben. 91 
 
 £rad)t, f. dress. umfe^en (ftd)), v. r. to look round, 
 
 tragen, v. a. to wear; to bear. Umftanb, m. circumstance. 
 
 Straum, m. dream. unbebingt, a. unconditional, 
 
 trennen, v. a. to sever, to sepa- unbegreiffidj,a.'incomprehensible, 
 
 rate, to break off; ftd) — , to inconceivable. 
 
 part. anbefonnen, a. rasn, thoughtless, 
 Trennung, f. separation. imprudent, 
 
 treten, v. n. to step ; $u einem — , Unbef onnenfjeit, f. act of indis- 
 
 to step up to, to advance to. cretion, stupidity, imprudence, 
 
 treu, a. faithful, true. unenbltdj, a. infinite, endless, 
 
 treuijeratg, adv. naively. Unglücf, n. misfortune, 
 
 triefen, v. n. to drip. unglüdfelig, a. ill-fated, ill-starred, 
 trocfen, a. cool, cold. wretched. 
 
 £runfenboIb, m. drunkard. Uniform, f. uniform, 
 
 tiidjtig, a. good, suitable. Unfoften, pi. expense, 
 
 fibel, a. ill; — bran fein, to be Unredjt, n. wrong. 
 
 badly off; — nehmen, to be Unruhe, f. anxiety. 
 
 offended at, to take offence. nnfdjulbig, a. innocent. 
 
 Über, prp. at, over. unfeltg, a. sinful, unfortunate. 
 
 Überall, adv. all round, every- Unftmuger, m. madman, idiot. 
 
 where. unterbeffen, adv. in the mean time, 
 
 überbringen, v. a. to bring, to unterbrücfen, v. a. to restrain, to 
 
 deliver. suppress, to repress. 
 
 Überbieä, adv. besides, moreover. Unterofff§ter,m.corporal, sergeant, 
 Überlaffen, v. a. to leave, to give non-commissioned officer. 
 
 over to. Unterfd)teb, m. difference, 
 
 übernehmen, v. a. to accept, to Unterfd)rift, f. signature. 
 
 take upon one's self. unterftef)en (fid)), v. r. to dare. 
 
 überrafd)en, v. a. to take by unterft>eg§, adv. on the way. 
 
 n surprise. unterwerfen (fid)), v. r. to submit. 
 
 Überrafdjung, f. surprise. unterjeidjnen, v. a. to sign, 
 
 überzeugen, v. a. to convince. umtmfcijrcmtt, a. unrestrained ; — e 
 übrig, a. over, to spare; id) fjabe $ollmad)t,full(unlimited)power. 
 
 ntd)t§ — , I have nothing to unberfctyämt, a. insolent; Unber- 
 
 spare. fd)cimter, rascal, 
 
 übrigbleiben, v. n. to remain over. Unberfd)ämtl)eit, f. impudence, 
 
 übrigen^, adv. besides, as for unberfefjenS, adv. unexpectedly. 
 
 the rest. Urlaub, m. leave. 
 
 Uljr, f. clock; am fed)£ — , at Urfad)e, f. reason. 
 
 six o'clock. tjeranftalten, v. a. to arrange, 
 
 um, prp. at; c. in order that; $eranftattung, f. arrangement; 
 
 urn — rtritfen, on account of, meine — , my doing. 
 
 for the sake of. oerbergen, v. a. to hide, to 
 umarmen, v. a. to embrace. conceal, 
 
 umfefjren, v. n. to turn back ; berbinben, v. a. to oblige ; einem 
 
 fid) — , to turn round. berbunbeu fein für, to be ob- 
 
 umteufen, v. a. to turn round. liged to a person for. 
 
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 * verblüffen — Vorbeigehen. 
 
 Verblüffen, v. a. to take aback, 
 
 to dumbfound, to astonish, to 
 
 startle, to puzzle. 
 Verbädbttg, a. suspected; ficr) — 
 
 madjen, to raise (to rouse) 
 
 suspicion. 
 Verbammt, a. confounded, cursed. 
 Verbanden, v. a. to owe. 
 Verbienen, v. a. to deserve. 
 Verfluchen, v. a. to curse; Ver= 
 
 f{ud)t, i. dash it, blow it. 
 Verfolgen, v. a. to proceed against. 
 Verfügen (fid)), v. r. to betake 
 h one's self to. 
 Vergeben, v. a. to pardon. 
 Vergeblich, adv. in vain, to no 
 
 purpose. 
 Vergebung, f. pardon, forgiveness. 
 Vergeben, v. a. to pass away, to 
 
 elapse; e<3 Vergeljt ifjm bie Sufr, 
 
 he gives up the desire, 
 vergeffen, v. a. to forget. 
 33ergleidjvmg, f. comparison. 
 Verheiraten, v. a. to give away 
 
 in marriage; fid) — , to marry. 
 Verhelfen, v. n. to help, to procure. 
 Vergüten, v. a. to prevent, to 
 
 avert. 
 Verlangen, v. a. to desire, to 
 
 demand. 
 Verlaffen, v. a. to leave. 
 Verliebt, a. in love; — fein in, 
 
 to be in love with, to love 
 
 (c. ace). 
 Verlieren, v. a. to lose. 
 Vermögen, n. fortune. 
 Verneigen (ficr)), v. r. to make a 
 
 bow; fid) tief — , to make a 
 
 low bow. 
 Vernünftig, a. sensible, 
 verpflichten, v. a. to oblige, 
 verraten, v. a. to betray; fid) — , 
 
 to oetray one's self, 
 verreifen, v. n. to depart, to set 
 
 out, to go on a journey. 
 Verrücft, a. crazy, deranged; 
 
 cracked. 
 
 Verfdjaffen, v. a. to procure. 
 
 Verfdiroinben, v. n. to disappear. 
 
 Verfcqrob'ren, v. a. to forswear. 
 
 Verfid)em, v. a. to assure. 
 
 SSerftanb, m. understanding, com- 
 prehension. 
 
 Verftönbig, a. sensible. 
 
 SSerftönbni§, n. understanding, 
 intelligence. 
 
 Verfteden, v. a. to hide. 
 
 Verfielen, v. a. to understand; 
 (eg) Verfielt fid), of course. 
 
 $erftodung, f. obstinacy. 
 
 Vertrauen, v. a. to confide. 
 
 Vertrauen, n. confidence. 
 
 $8ertraute(r), m. confidant. 
 
 Vertrinfen, v. a. to spend in drink. 
 
 SSent)anbte(r), m relation. 
 
 SSertoedjfelung ($erroedj§lung), f. 
 confusion, exchanging, mistake. 
 
 verruenben, v. a. to use. 
 
 ventmnbern (fief)), v. r. to wonder 
 (to be astonished) at. 
 
 Verruünfcfjen, v. a. to curse, to 
 confound. 
 
 Verseif) en, v. a. to forgive,to pardon. 
 
 Ver^ei^lid), a pardonable. 
 
 $8er3eirjung, f. pardon. 
 
 Verzögern, v. a. to stave off, to 
 put off, to postpone. 
 
 Verjinetfelt, a. desperate. 
 
 better, m. cousin. 
 
 Vtefleid)t, adv. perhaps. 
 
 öier, four; Viert, fourth. 
 
 Vter§efjnt, fourteenth. 
 
 Voürommen, adv. thoroughly, per- 
 fectly, completely 
 
 SSoIlmadjt, f. authority, full power. 
 
 Von, prp. from, by. 
 
 Vor, prp. ago. 
 
 Vorauf, adv.; jum — , before, 
 beforehand, in advance. 
 
 Vorbehalten, v. a. to keep back; 
 fid) — , to reserve. 
 
 Vorbei, adv. over. 
 
 Vorbeigehen, v. n. to go by; im 
 $orbeiger)en, as you go by. 
 
t>or6eugen — toiffcn. 
 
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 r>orbeugen,v.a.tsprevent (c. ace), 
 üorgeblid), a. pretended. 
 DOrtjaben, v. a. to have something 
 
 before one, to intend, 
 öorfter, adv. previously, before. 
 DOr^in, adv. a little while ago. 
 fcorig, a. former, same. 
 Dorfommen, v. n. to happen, to 
 
 occur. 
 Dora, adv. in front (of the stage). 
 t>omer)m, a. distinguished, 
 öome^men, v. a. to untertake, to 
 
 take in hand 
 S3orreiter, m. outrider. 
 t>orfd)teJ3en, v. a. to advance 
 
 (money). 
 S8orfd)lag, m. proposal, 
 uorfdjlagen, v. a. to propose. 
 
 t^rftellen, v. a. to personate, to 
 
 represent; fid) - , to imagine, 
 
 to think. 
 Vorteil, m. advantage 
 fcortrefflid), a. excellent. 
 SSoritrteil, n. prejudice. 
 SBacfje, f. watch, guard, 
 tuadjen, v. n. to watch. 
 Sad)3lid)t, n. wax-candle, 
 roacfer, a. brave. 
 
 ttiacjen, v. a. to risk, to venture. 
 Sagen, m. carriage. 
 Sageftüd, n. venture. 
 SaijI, f. choice, 
 tüäfjlett, v. a. to choose. 
 lUCtl^r, a. true, real, 
 timfjrenb, prp. during; c. while, 
 
 whilst. 
 uml)rl)aftig , adv. truly, verily, 
 
 indeed. 
 23 albeit, f. truth; in -, really, 
 
 in truth. 
 tuar)rlid), adv. in truth, 
 itmnf en, v. a. to waver, tc vacillate, 
 rtmnn, c. when. 
 
 marten, v. n. to wait (auf— for), 
 ioartim, adv. why. 
 n>a§, pron. what, how. 
 Sed)fel, m. bill of exchange. 
 
 Seg, m- road. 
 
 Weg, adv. away, begone. 
 
 wegen, prp. on account of, about, 
 
 for. 
 loegfdriden, v. a. to send away, 
 wegwerfen, v. a. to lay aside. 
 Seifr, n. wife. 
 Weil, c. because, 
 weit, a. u. adv. far ; — oonein- 
 
 anber, apart from each other ; 
 
 baä Seite fudjen, to make (to 
 
 be) off, to go away; to cut 
 
 and run. 
 weld) er, e, e§, pron. which, what. 
 Seit, f. world. 
 wenben, v. a. to turn; fid) --, 
 
 to apply (to turn) to. 
 wenig, a. u. adv. little ; weniger, 
 
 less; wenigft, least. 
 wenigftenS, adv. at least, 
 wer, pron. who. 
 
 Werben, v. n. to become (au§, of), 
 werfen, v. a. to throw. 
 Serf, n. work; an§ — , to work 
 
 at it. 
 Wefentltd), a. important, material. 
 weswegen, adv. wherefore, for 
 
 what reason. 
 Wetten, v. a. to wager, to bet. 
 Wid)tig, a. important. 
 Wtber, prp. against; — Stilen, 
 
 against one's will. 
 wiberfarjren, v. n. to happen. 
 Wie, c. as, how; adv. like, 
 ttueber, adv. in return, again, 
 w ieb ere rfd) einen, v. n. to reappear. 
 Wieberfetjen, v. a. to see again. 
 Silbfang, m madcap, harebrained 
 
 fellow. 
 Sitten, m. will, wish. 
 wtEfommen, a. welcome. 
 Sinter, m. winter. 
 Wirflid), adv. truly, really. 
 ttrirtfd)aften, v. n. to manage, to 
 
 behave. 
 Strts§au§, n. inn, public house. 
 Wiffen, v. a. to know. 
 
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 öitjuc — $nrifd}en. 
 
 SBitföe, f. widow. 
 
 ir>of)in, adv. where to, whither. 
 
 11) of) I, adv. well ; perhaps, probably. 
 
 ruorjnen, v. n. to live. 
 
 aSoifc, f. cloud. 
 
 IDOtTen, v. a. to like, to want. 
 
 luorin, adv. wherein, in which. 
 
 SBort, n. word, promise. 
 
 s 23ortbrücrjtgfett, f. breach of 
 promise. 
 
 worüber, adv. whereat; — ladjft 
 bu, what are you laughing at. 
 
 IDOgU, adv. why. 
 
 Wucherer, m. usurer. 
 
 23itltfdj, m. wish, desire. 
 
 SSiiftltltg, dissolute fellow, rake. 
 
 garden, v. n. to rely, to reckon, 
 
 to count (auf, on, upon). 
 3anf, m. quarrel, 
 gcirtltd), a. tender, soft, 
 gerjn, ten; geljnt, tenth, 
 geidjert, n. sign, 
 geit, f. time, 
 geitig, adv. soon, early. 
 3eitDerIuft, m. loss of time. 
 3eitg, n. nonsense, rubbish. 
 3euc^e, m. witness, 
 gießen, v. a. to draw. 
 giemlitf), adv. moderately; — öon 
 einem filter fein, to be pretty 
 much of the same age. 
 3immer, n. room, 
 gittern, v. n. to tremble. 
 3orn, m. rage, anger, 
 git, prp. at, to; — adv. too. 
 gubenfen, v. a. to intend for, to 
 
 destine for. 
 guerft, adv. at first. 
 3ufatl, m. accident, 
 gufrteben, a. contented, satisfied, 
 gugebcn, v. a. to allow, to consent, 
 gugteicfj, adv. at once, at the 
 
 same time, 
 gulegen, v. a. to assume. 
 
 guteib tfjun einem etrt>a§, to do 
 
 harm to a person (to do a 
 
 person harm). 
 
 gured)tfei3en, v. a. (einem ben 
 
 £obf), to bring one to reason. 
 
 guriicf, adv. back. 
 
 gurücfbringen, v. a. to convey 
 
 back, 
 gurücffüfjren, v. a. to bring back. 
 gurücfrjatten, v. a. to hold back, 
 
 to stop, 
 gurücfrjolen, v. a. to bring back, 
 
 to fetch back, 
 gurücffommen, v n. to return, to 
 
 come back. 
 3urücffunft, f. return. 
 gurücfretfen, v. n. to return. 
 guriieffcrncfen, v. a. to send back. 
 gitritcffein, v. n. to have returned, 
 
 to be back, 
 gufammen, adv. together. 
 guftoften, v. n. to befall, to 
 
 happen to. 
 gunorfontmen, v. n. to forestall, 
 to anticipate, to be before-' 
 hand, 
 guroetfen, adv. at times, now and 
 
 then, sometimes. 
 3ir>ctng, m. compulsion,constraint ; 
 — antf)Un, to coerce, to con- 
 strain (c. ace.) 
 giocmgig, twenty; gruangigfr, 
 
 twentieth, 
 giuar, adv. it is true, indeed. 
 groei, two; gtuett, second. 
 §iuetfncf), a. double, twofold. 
 giueifel^aft, a. doubtful, 
 gioeifeln, v. n. to doubt, to 
 
 hesitate. 
 glueimal, adv. twice. 
 gmeitaufenb, two thousand. 
 gnringen, v. a. to compel, to force. 
 gtr>ifcl)en, prp. between. 
 jlDÖlf, twelve; gir>offr, twelfth. 
 
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