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e it with greater delight than Franzl, when she heard the most esteemed man in her village say--"Yes, Franzl; and a house from which such a work proceeds--so accurate and so delicate--such a house must be a well ordered one, so you have some share in the merit also." "I hope no one will take it amiss--I don't wish to offend any one; but I must say that nowhere in the world are people so clever as in our village. This man is the only person who has defined the matter properly. See how the others all stood there! just like a cow before a new barn door. Moo! moo!--not a bit more sense than that! But the Kunslingers! God be praised that I was born in Kunslingen!" Franzl's gestures and looks said all this, as she placed her hand on her beating heart, and her eyes looked devoutly up to Heaven. Lenz could not help laughing when, at each meal, she brought in with every dish the good news that he was now quite famous in Kunslingen; and Kunslingen is no insignificant spot, for it has two parishes--Fuchsberg and Knelingen. "Tomorrow I intend to nail up the case--tomorrow evening the 'Magic Flute' is positively to be sent off," said Lenz. "So soon?" said Franzl sorrowfully; and she looked at the case, as if she wished to entreat it to stay a little longer. "It looks so well here, and brings us so much honour." "I am only surprised," continued Lenz, "why the Doctor and his family have not been here; and----and the family at the 'Lion' promised they would come." Franzl rubbed her forehead, and shrugged her shoulders, and regretted her ignorance; but it was impossible for her to know what went on in such fine houses. Annele had repeatedly reminded her mother of her promise, but she refused to go without her husband, for their dignity is sadly diminished when the Landlord is not present; but this dignified person never runs after other people's things--if they wish for his approval, they must come to him. But now, however, on this last day, Annele had heard--she always got good information--that the Doctor and his daughters intended to go to Lenz's; this being the very last day, the superior families reserved themselves for that. Mother and daughter resolved not to go to the Morgenhalde till the Doctor's family had preceded them: they said nothing to the majestic Papa of the diplomacy here displayed, for his sense of dignity would have been hurt. "Here comes the Schoolmaster!" exclaimed Franzl early in the morning,
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