person or estate.       

         Jetter. How gracious!—-I felt ill at ease the moment the duke entered the town. Since then, it has seemed to me, as though the heavens were covered with black crape, which hangs so low, that one must stoop down to avoid knocking one's head against it.       

         Carpenter. And how do you like his soldiers? They are a different sort of crabs from those we have been used to.       

         Jetter. Faugh! It gives one the cramp at one's heart to see such a troop march down the street. As straight as tapers, with fixed look, only one step, however many there may be; and when they stand sentinel, and you pass one of them, it seems as though he would look you through and through; and he looks so stiff and morose, that you fancy you see a task-master at every corner. They offend my sight. Our militia were merry fellows; they took liberties, stood their legs astride, their hats over their ears, they lived and let live; these fellows are like machines with a devil inside them.       

         Carpenter. Were such an one to cry, "Halt!" and level his musket, think         you one would stand?       

         Jetter. I should fall dead upon the spot.       

         Carpenter. Let us go home!       

         Jetter No good can come of it. Farewell.       

         [Enter Soest.       

         Soest. Friends! Neighbours! Carpenter. Hush! Let us go.       

         Soest. Have you heard?       

         Jetter. Only too much!       

         Soest. The Regent is gone.       

         Jetter. Then Heaven help us.       

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