But now that the water is up to their necks, and they need my helping hand to save them from drowning-now they will graciously take ernst Ortlieb's daughter if he will give them his property into the bargain, that they may destroy both fortune and child.
"In The Fire Of The Forge, Volume 5."
Georg Ebers
Tell the old man so, and add that ernst Ortlieb will have nothing more to do with him.
"In The Fire Of The Forge, Volume 5."
Georg Ebers
Herr ernst gazed after her sorrowfully as, with a gesture of farewell, she silently left the room to tell her lover's father that he had come in vain.
"In The Fire Of The Forge, Volume 5."
Georg Ebers