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And now, he said, he is here in the Schartzhaus beside us, listening to the guns just like a common soldier. Finally the guns, as he spoke, coughed beyond ominous hills. Contentedly the officer went on eating. He suspected nothing of the thoughts his host and hostess were hiding. At last he went upstairs to bed.
He brought his own rations, so hunger came no nearer. Hunger just lay down outside the door and did not notice the officer. A this supper the officer began to talk. The Kaiser himself, he said, was at the Schartzhaus. ``So, said Herr Schnitzelhaaser; ``just over the way. So close. Such an honour. And indeed the shadow of the Schartzhaus darkened their garden in the morning.
Through the open door she saw nothing; all was dark; even the Schartzhaus, where all was gay to-night, stood dark for fear of aëroplanes. The old woman waited in silence. When Herr Schnitzelhaaser returned there was blood on his knife. ``What have you done? the old woman asked him quite calmly. ``I have killed our pig, he said.
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