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The Dramatic Works of G.e. Lessing; Translated From the German
The Dramatic Works of Ge Lessing Translated From the German Author:Gotthold Ephraim Lessing General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1878 Original Publisher: George Bell and Sons Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where yo... more »u can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: An. Hasn't he withdrawn his promise ? Lis. No. An. Oh then, pardon me, Herr Yaler. Anger can easily seize an honest man. I am a little hasty, especially in money matters. Don't be afraid of the lawyer. Va. Can I linger here any longer in such torturing uncertainty? I must speak to her; perhaps she hasn't done it yet. Lis. But if she has done it, don't you go too near the old man. Va. I have known nothing of the whole affair. Lis. So much the worse, then, for me. Go along. Scene XIII. -- Anton, Lisette. An. So much the worse for you ? What, then, is so much the worse for you ? Why mustn't he go near the old man ? What are you up to, again. Lis. That confounded letter. An. What letter. Lis. The one I gave you just now. An. What about it? Lis. It is all in vain ; my trouble is for nothing. An. How so ? As I live I have delivered it properly. Don't talk any nonsense and shift the blame on to me. Lis. It was delivered right enough; and it has already had its effect, too. But Juliane has herself upset the calculation. She insists on letting the old man know that the letter was forged, and has probably done it already. An. What the deuce! She herself? We shall fare nicely. You see, the sparrow and the dove are gone now. And the worst of all is that, while I was going to catch the dove, I have tumbled into the mud. Or, to speak to you plainly, and without [metaphor, I have lost the promised reward from the old man, and the imagined one from Valer escapes me too, and all the profit I shall make out of this business is a " To the devil with you," accompani...« less