The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12

n retired as quietly as possible to his room. Here he lay down in a comfortable position, but would not allow Frederick to do more than

hip is sti

te. Has anyth

now that Johanna had to

hip's

d Johanna

as ever, and so seemed not to have been s

ship? Frederick tells me something

sion, and I thought at once it meant something. And it did, too. Sh

other

rdship knows

e must put an end to it. And h

lar with all her might. The dog was standing bes

if you prefer, what had she h

slipped along

t? W

e one from the social hall

lly stuff. I don't want to hear any more abo

e floor close by her. And I had to hold

is still

soun

er, cautiously, of course, so that she will not be startled again. And tell Frederick not to br

sight of Innstetten she rushed up to him and embraced and kissed him, while the tears streamed down her face. "Oh, Ge

ause it is necessary. I have no choice. I am a man in office and cannot say to the Prince, or even to the Princess: Your Highness, I cannot come; my wife

usband's hand again and said: "You shall have your way. I see, it is impossible. And then, y

re," laughed

I will stay here and wait for my 'High Lord,' which reminds me o

ays get along well. But what

onsul Grützmacher, and one on the Market, just opposite Gieshübler. Why can't we live there? Why here, of all places? When we have had friends and relatives as guests in our house I have o

cierge? Don'

re obliged to do your bidding and many even owe you a debt of gratitude. Gieshübler would certainly help us, even if only f

r what, as you think, slipped past your bed, was the little Chinaman that the maids pasted on the back of th

no

d then, I presume, Johanna told you someth

N

h the b

an see that there is something queer here. And th

ou saw the crocodile, you

, th

ning an invitation to Varzin. I can't have the people here in the city saying that District Councillor Innstetten is selling his house because his

so sure that there is

rse and more dangerous than all this scurrying about of ghosts, assuming that they do scurry about, and that such a thing really exists. Then I am particularly surprised to see you show such fear and such an aversion, you a Briest. Why, it is

mained

ffi; no

ad no desire to make yourself ridiculous in the eyes either of the Prince or of the city. That is small comfort. I consider it small, and so much the smaller, since, to cap the climax, you contradict yourself, and not only seem to believe in these things yourself, but even expect me to have a nobleman's pride in g

a first serious misunderstanding if Frederick had not entered to hand her La

d the letter. In the first place it was not a letter at all, but a note, the address "Madame the Baroness von Innstetten, née Briest," in a beautiful court hand, and instead of

rea

morning. On the 17th she expects to be in St. Petersburg, where she will give concerts till the middle of January. Prince Kotschukoff is again opening his hospitable house to her. In her immutable kindness to me, Miss Trippelli has promised to spend this evening at my house and sing some songs, leaving the choice entirely to me, for she knows no

Innstetten,

ough. Besides, I cannot decline my dea

or I take it for granted he brought the

en he was gone Effi as

tends that far-but ours is merely Gieshübler's charcoal dispenser and factotum, and wil

rther proposal to you to restore you entirely to your normal condition. I see plainly, you are still annoyed by something from last night foreign to my Effi and it must be got rid of absolutely. There is nothing better for that than fresh air. The weather is splendid, cool and mild at the same time, with hard

you to break off all connection with him, and that would be ridiculous. For after all he is the one man who has to decide our destiny. Mine, too. You don't know how ambitious I am. To tell the truth, it was only out of ambition that I married you. Oh, you must not put on such a s

sed on the day of our return home, as you perhaps remember. Such a visit always has a good effect, and then I can have a political conversation with the Starost by the grace of Effi, and

rough, felt so strongly the need of fresh air that she took only a double blanket and refused everything else. Innstetten said to Kruse: "Now, Kruse, we want to drive to the station where you and I were this morni

and drove so close to the churchyard that the tips of the barberry bushes which hung out over the lattice brushed against Effi, and showered snow upon her blanket. On the

buried there

the Ch

b. But she had strength enough to control he

n, who was what you might call his friend, bought this patch and had him buried here. There is also

would be best for me to hear what it is. So long as I don't know, I shall always be a victim of my imaginations

it. But now it comes in naturally, and that is wel

othing at all or much

ways the hardest part, even with stories. Well

y we

ns here. To make a long story short, now that he was here he sold his ship, an old tub that he disposed of for very little, and bought a house, the same that we are now living in. For out in the world he had become a wealthy man. This accounts for the crocodile and the shark and, of

. They are so strict and self-righteou

ust see, Effi, there we have the Kroschentin church tower right close in front of us. Shall we not give up the station

sk me to sacrifice all that merely to pay these old people a flying visit and very likely cause them embarrassment. For heaven's sake let us not. And then I want above all to

st people for his grand-daughter. The latter, however, considering their ages, was hardly possible. Beside the grand-daughter or th

e, f

ried them. The miller Utpatel, a Scottish Covenanter, and Gieshübler, a feeble light in church matters, were invited, but the more prominent guests were a number of captains with their wives and daughters. And, as you can imagine, there was a lively time. In the evening there was dancing, and the bride danced with every man and finally with the Chinaman. Then all of a sudden the report spread that she had vanished. And sh

. Nobody ought to say such things, for they are dangerou

sing that he soon afterward died, for he would have lost his position otherwise. The city was opposed to him, just a

e connection between him and the pastor's widow,

ion. He was her husband, and

, you remember. But I thought she was the daughter of an Italian consul. We have so many foreign names here, you know. And now I fi

ian Princes, you know, are very enlightened, are above petty class prejudices, and Kotschukoff and Gieshübler-whom she calls uncle, by the way, and one might almost call him a born uncle-

nd what a humdrum life I have led in Hohen-

what is loosely called out of the ordinary. That which appears to you so enticing, even a life such as Miss Trippelli leads, is as a rule bought at the price of happiness. I know

lse once in a while, and then the desire comes over me to have a similar experie

, dear Effi, that again you only imagine. Al