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The Goose Girl

CHAPTER II
20/27

My teacher was a kind priest.

But he never knew that, with knowledge, he was to open the gates of discontent." "Then you are not happy with your lot ?" "Is any one, Herr ?"--quietly.

"And who might you be, and what might you be doing here in Dreiberg, riding with the grand duke ?" "I am the American consul." Gretchen took a step back.
"Oh, it is nothing that will bite you," he added.
"But perhaps I have been disrespectful!" "Pray, how ?" Gretchen found that she had no definite explanation to offer.
"What did Colonel Wallenstein say to you ?" "Nothing of importance.

I am used to it.

I am perfectly able to take care of myself," she answered.
"But he annoyed you." "That is true," she admitted.
"What did the policeman say ?" "What would he say to a goose-girl ?" "Shall I speak to him ?" "Would it really do any good ?"--skeptically.
"It might.


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