The World's Greatest Books — Volume 17 — Poetry and Drama
Adelheid: Now, listen, Franz. I shall tell you the names which I want you to repeat to your master, always adding, "Please, please."

Adelheid:

Franz (seizing her hand passionately): Please, please!

Franz

Adelheid (stepping back): Hands are not wanted. You must lose such bad manners. But you must not be so upset at a little rebuke. One punishes the children one loves.

Adelheid

Franz: You love me, then?

Franz:

Adelheid: I might love you as a child, but you are getting too tall and violent.

Adelheid:

[Exeunt.

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Scene II.—Hall at Jaxthausen. Sickingen and Goetz.

Scene II.

Sickingen

Goetz

Goetz: So you want to marry a jilted woman?

Goetz:

Sickingen: To be deceived by him is an honour for you both. I want a mistress for my castles and gardens. In the field, at court, I want to stand alone.

Sickingen:


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