There are only three left.

The messengers took the others, and they haven't returned.
"Thank God for it; the little food he still has, will do more good in dishes, than in their crops.

Would you believe it?
A fortnight ago he paid fifty florins out of his savings for half a sack of peas, and Heaven knows where he found them.

Ulrich, Ulrich! Take Frau Van der Werff up to Wilhelm.

I'd willingly spare you the climb, but he's watching for the carrier-pigeons that have been sent out, and won't even come down to his meals.