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' Stop , Edmund , don * t be too preripitate i VcteSwifckel is an asa ; but he'll know better soon . '
At the sight of the * goidsrtrith ; Mr . Tusmann flew to the sofa , ( O and sheltering himself behind it , exclaimed in his fright : O , heavenly powers ! here ' s that terrible professor again—that horrible master of the ceremonies at the ball in Spandau-street P * " Fear nothing , Tusmann / said the goldsmith , laughing , f I shall do you no harm . You are now sufficiently punished foi your ridiculous hymeneal fancies ; your face will remain green all the rest of your days . ' 5
' Just heavens / exclaimed the private secretary , a green face for ever ! what will the world say ,, what will his excellency the minister say ? I am a ruined man ; I shall lose my place ; the government can never go on with a private secretary of the chancery , whose face is the colour of a cabbage . O , wretched man that I am !*
( M Then be reasonable / said the goldsmith , * and renounce the idea of marrying Miss Albertine . ' ' I cannot /—He shall not /—exclaimed together the councillor and the secretary . The goldsmith darted at them fiery looks , and his anger was blazing up , when the room door suddenly opened , and old Manasseh entered with his nephew , the Baron Benjamin . The baron went straight to Albertine .
' Charming young lady / said he , * I have come in perton to throw myself at your feet ; that is a figure of speech you understand , for the Baron Benjamin Manasseh never throws himself at tiny person ' s feet ; the true signification of my address is simply this , that I I shall have extreme felicity in saluting you . * tms , tnat snail nave extreme ieiicicy in saluting you .
So saying , the baron would have embraced Albertine , but his curved nose elongated and knocked against the wall ; he recoiled several paces , and his nose shortened , he approached Albertine , and his nose again took flight ; in short , wonderful to relate , the olfactory organ of the Israelite went out and in like a trombone .
' Cursed enchanter ! ' howled Manasseh , * and thou infamous VoBswinkel , thou art in league with Leonard against me . But thou shalt be cursed ; thou , and all thy race . Cursing and shaking the dust from off his feei , he drag"ge& his nephew with him out of the room .
Chapter V . That game evening , the private secretary was sifting' under the trees , in a solitary J > art of the botanic garden .
' Tusmaun—tu patulse recubans sub tegmine fagu ' * Just heavens T soliloquised he , ' nhat have I dom ? f 6 merit this hard fate / I learned from Thomasius that marriage would
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1835, page 251, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2644/page/27/
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