Minna Von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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On what does he live, then?
JUST. We have everything put down in the bill; and when they won't put anything more down, and turn us out of the house, we pledge anything we may happen to have, and go somewhere else. I say, Paul, we must play this landlord here a trick. WER. If he has annoyed the Major, I am ready. JUST. What if we watch for him in the evening, when he comes from his club, and give him a good thrashing? WER. In the dark! Watch for him! Two to one! No, that won't do. JUST. Or if we burn his house over his head? WER. Fire and burn! Why, Just, one hears that you have been baggage-boy and not soldier. Shame! JUST. Or if we ruin his daughter? But she is cursedly ugly. WER. She has probably been ruined long ago. At any rate you don't want any |
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