Konigsberg. He had left there to come to Paris some years before,
with the object of gaining an independent position by his
philological work. This he preferred, in spite of the attendant
difficulties, to a post as teacher with a salary which only in
Germany could be considered sufficient for a scholar's wants. He
soon obtained work from Didot, the bookseller, as assistant
editor of a large edition of Greek classics, but the editor
traded on his poverty, and was much more concerned about the
success of his enterprise than about the condition of his poor
collaborator. Lehrs had therefore perpetually to struggle against
poverty, but he preserved an even temper, and showed himself in
every way a model of disinterestedness and self-sacrifice. At
first he looked upon me only as a man in need of advice, and
incidentally a fellow-sufferer in Paris; for he had no knowledge
of music, and had no particular interest in it. We soon became so
intimate that I had him dropping in nearly every evening with
Anders, Lehrs being extremely useful to his friend, whose
unsteadiness in walking obliged him to use an umbrella and a
walking-stick as crutches. He was also nervous in crossing
crowded thorough-fares, and particularly so at night; while he
always liked to make Lehrs cross my threshold in front of him to
distract the attention of Robber, of whom he stood in obvious
terror. Our usually good-natured dog became positively suspicious
of this visitor, and soon adopted towards him the same aggressive
attitude which he had shown to the sailor Koske on board the
Thetis. The two men lived at an hotel garni in Rue de Seine. They
complained greatly of their landlady, who appropriated so much of
their income that they were entirely in her power. Anders had for
years been trying to assert his independence by leaving her,
without being able to carry out his plan. We soon threw off