You have uprooted an old kindness, sir, with an unsparing hand.

You leave me very bare.

My last bond is broken; and though I take Heaven to witness that I sought to do the right, I have this reward: to find myself alone.

You say I am no gentleman; yet the sneers have been upon your side; and though I can very well perceive where you have lodged your sympathies, I will forbear the taunt.' 'Otto, are you insane ?' cried Gotthold, leaping up.

'Because I ask you how you came by certain moneys, and because you refuse--' 'Herr von Hohenstockwitz, I have ceased to invite your aid in my affairs,' said Otto.