Minna Von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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LADY. You have doubtless mislaid his note; besides, it is nothing to the purpose. Permit me-- MAJ. T. No, Madam; I am careful not to mislay such documents. If I have not got it, it is a proof that I never had it, or that it has been honoured and already returned by me. LADY. Major! MAJ. T. Without doubt, Madam; Marloff does not owe me anything--nor can I remember that he ever did owe me anything. This is so, Madam. He has much rather left me in his debt. I have never been able to do anything to repay a man who shared with me good and ill luck, honour and danger, for six years. I shall not forget that he has left a son. He shall be my son, as soon as I can be a father to him. The embarrassment in which I am at present-- LADY. Generous man! But do not think so meanly of me. Take the money, Major, and then at least I shall be at ease. MAJ. T. What more do you require to tranquillize you, than my assurance that the money does not belong to me? Or do you wish that I should rob the young orphan of my friend? Rob, Madam; for that it would be in the |
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