We ought to wish many sorrows to one, who can lament thus." "You shall make the singer's acquaintance," said Maria, motioning towards the young girl.

"Fraulein Henrica Van Hoogstraten, a beloved guest in our house." "Were you the songstress ?" asked Georg.
"Does that surprise you ?" replied Henrica.

"My voice has certainly retained its strength better than my body, wasted by long continued suffering.

I feel how deeply my eyes are sunken and how pale I must be.

Singing certainly lightens pain, and I have been deprived of the comforter long enough.