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"Only think!" cried Ruth breathlessly, "Federl shot a stag of ten this morning at daybreak on the Red Peak, and he's frightened out of his wits, for only the duke has a right to do that. Federl mistook it for a stag of eight. And they're in the velvet, besides!" she added rather incoherently. " What luck! Poor Federl! I asked him if that meant strafen, and he said he guessed not, only zanken."
"What's `strafen' and what's `zanken, Daisy?" asked the Colonel, pronouncing the latter like "z" in buzz. Ruth went up to her father and took his face between her hands, dropping a light kiss on his eyebrow. " Strafen is when one whips bad boys and t s zanken is when one only scolds them. Which shall we do to you, dear? Both?"
Wie leer sind deine Blätter. Wie Achiles in dem Zelte. Wo zweie sich zanken Erfreut sich der Dritte. Mr. Willem van Urutius, Automobile Agent, Nymwegen. 81 bis Alexander-Straat. Berlin, 1st July, 16. O Oak-tree! O Oak-tree, How empty are thy leaves. Like Achiles in the tent. When two people fall out The third party rejoices. I stared at this nonsensical document in silence.
Well, I would accept this as a message from Francis. Now to study it once more. O Eichenholz! O Eichenholz! Wie leer sind deine Blätter. Wie Achiles in dem Zelte. Wo zweie sich zanken Erfreut sich der Dritte. The message fell into three parts, each consisting of a phrase. The first phrase might certainly be a warning that Francis had failed in his mission. "O Okewood! how empty are thy leaves!"
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