We have finished.

I would again enjoin upon you the duty of begging for pardon, and then I close this unrefreshing scene with the same words with which it opened--there is the door--go out!" "Yes, there is the door--go out of it! I want to be quiet--go! My daughter is the betrothed of the rich banker Herr Ebenstreit; she will be his wife as soon as the papers are made out and published .-- Go!" cried the general.
The young couple still stood there, hand in hand, looking at the general, until now their eyes met, beaming with tenderest affection for each other.

"Is it true, Marie?
Speak, my beloved, is it true, will you be the wife of this rich man whom your parents have chosen for you ?" "No, Philip," she calmly and firmly replied.

"No, I will not, for I do not love him, I love only you; and here, in the presence of God and my parents, I swear to you that I will be constant to death! They can prevent my becoming your wife, but they cannot force me to wed another.
I swear, then, that if I cannot be yours, I will never marry!" "I receive your oath, and God has heard it also!" said Moritz, solemnly.
"I have also heard it, and I tell you," said Frau von Werrig, "that this romantic heroine will become a perjurer, for I will find means to make her break her silly oath." "We will, perhaps, find means to delay the marriage," said Moritz proudly, "or, much more, prevent the marriage ceremony." "I am very curious to know the means," said Frau von Werrig.

"From this hour Marie is the betrothed of Herr Ebenstreit, and the wedding will take place so soon--" "So soon as the title of nobility is published.