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I hurl at them—not my boots—but all the hard words I know of in their own abominable language, together with a considerable quantity of good French, but all of no avail; for they make me dress myself and carry me off bodily with bag and baggage to the police-bureau. And what was it all about, pense tu?
So they took me to the police-bureau, in the first case, for lying out in the open air; and when they found that I had used my brother’s name to incur a debt, without his permission, they gave me two months for fraudulent intentions. “‘Why did you not stay at the “Bounty?”’ expostulated my friend, the police-assistant, as we were talking the matter over.
Not so; the most important document is still wanting. He has, as yet, no passport or wander-book. Hans goes to the police-bureau, and, as he is poor, has to wait a long while.
"Let us hurry; it is growing late. They will be shutting off the lights before we return." The police-bureau was far away, but the distance was nothing to these healthy young people. They progressed at a smart pace and in less than twenty minutes they arrived. It was Gretchen who drew back fearfully. "After all, will it not be foolish?" she suggested. "They will be searching for me," he answered.
The following morning, on presenting our papers at the police-bureau, we were met with the accusation of having smuggled ourselves into the city; and, as the usual official routine had been departed from, we were ordered to proceed at once to the gates, and humbly deliver up our passports to the sentinel in due form, that the requirements of the law might be fulfilled.
If I were a king, I'd barter my crown for a smile and a kiss. I have done no wrong; I have committed no crime. But you must have proof; so be it. We will go together to the police-bureau and settle this doubt once and for all." "When?" Gretchen's heart was growing warm again. "Now, to-night, while they are hunting for me." "Forgive me!" brokenly. "Come!" "No, Leopold, this test is not necessary."
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