Will you accept it, Marie ?" "I do accept it, Moritz, as the greatest happiness of my life.

I desire only your love, and I can return only my love to you! Here is my hand, Philip, it belongs to you alone! Let us kneel in humility before my parents, and implore their blessing .-- Oh, my father and mother, have pity upon us! See this dear man, to whom my whole heart belongs.
I desire only to live and toil with him.

There are no riches, no treasures, to compare with his love!" "General and Frau von Werrig, grant me the wife of my heart!" cried Philip Moritz, deeply moved.

"It is true, I am not worthy of her, I have no name, no position, to offer her, but I swear to strive to gain it for her.

I will win by my talents and knowledge a distinguished name, and perhaps one day you will concede to my fame that I am a noble man, though not a nobleman.