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The Burgomaster's Wife Complete
1. Aufl.
1,99 € |
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Verlag: | OTB eBook publishing |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 01.01.2018 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9783962725129 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 242 |
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Excerpt: What I have told you perhaps does not belong to the school-room; but, my lads, this battle is still far from being ended, and though you must occupy the school-benches for a while, you are the future soldiers. Lowing, remain behind, I have something to say to you.” He slowly turned his back to the boys, who rushed out of doors. In a corner of the yard of St. Peter’s church, which was behind the building and entered by few of the passers-by, they stood still, and from amid the wild confusion of exclamations arose a sort of consultation, to which the organ-notes echoing from the church formed a strange accompaniment. They were trying to decide upon the game to be played in the afternoon. It was a matter of course, after what Van Hout had said, that there should be a battle; it had not even been proposed by anybody, but the discussion that now arose proceeded from the supposition.