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was grinding along toward union of the body if not of the spirit-since of the latter there could hardly have been question under the supervision of Frau Tege. Visits took place in the kitchen after supper and Rosel seemed gay and frolicsome as she poured the beer for her uncouth suitor; Aug Angered endlessly at the door for the good-night kiss as he took his leave, but the confidence of the dark bedroom and the feather puff were tearful. "I wouldn't mind getting married so much - I know I have to marry - if only I didn't have to have a child right off!" she wailed.

Anna, the older daughter, was delicate in looks as well as in health and nobody in Seehausen had been able to imagine how she would find a husband of suitable refinement. But one day, from way off near the Polish frontier came Willy, and he and Anna were married in due course. Will was, in fact neat and pleasant. He rode off every morning on his motor bike to his job at Murnov and sometimes, in the evening