He was young, he said; and they offered him a thousand crowns.

In a moment of despair he fell." "Despair?
Did he confess to you the crime he committed ?" "Yes." "Did he tell you to whom he sold his honor ?" "That he never knew.

A Gipsy from the hills came to him, so he said.
"From Jugendheit ?" "I say that he knew nothing.

He believed that the Gipsy wanted her highness to hold for ransom.

Hans spoke of a girl called Tekla." "Tekla?
Ah, yes; Hans was in love with that doll-face." "Doll-face or not, Hans evidently loved her.