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Amantium Irae

           Iheardthemchatteringandwhimperingtogetherinthelittlewoman’schamber."

           "Wemusttaketheticketsforherconcert,"Fritzsaid."Hastthouanymoney,Max?"

           "Bah,"saidtheother,"theconcertisaconcertinnubibus.HanssaidthatsheadvertisedoneatLeipzig,andtheBurschentookmanytickets.Butshewentoffwithoutsinging.ShesaidinthecoachyesterdaythatherpianisthadfallenillatDresden.Shecannotsing,itismybelief:hervoiceisascrackedasthine,Othoubeer-soakingRenowner!"

           "Itiscracked;Ihearhertryingoutofherwindowaschrecklich.Englishballad,called‘DeRoseupondeBalgony.’"

           "Saufenandsingengonottogether,"observedFritzwiththerednose,whoevidentlypreferredtheformeramusement."No,thoushalttakenoneofhertickets.Shewonmoneyatthetrenteandquarantelastnight.Isawher:shemadealittleEnglishboyplayforher.Wewillspendthymoneythereoratthetheatre,orwewilltreathertoFrenchwineorCognacintheAureliusGarden,buttheticketswewillnotbuy.Whatsayestthou?Yet,anothermugofbeer?"andoneandanothersuccessivelyhavingburiedtheirblondwhiskersinthemawkishdraught,curledthemandswaggeredoffintothefair.

           TheMajor,whohadseenthekeyofNo.90putuponitshookandhadheardtheconversationofthetwoyoungUniversitybloods,wasnotatalosstounderstandthattheirtalkrelatedtoBecky.

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