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PEER
- May I walk with Herr Pastor a bit of the way?
THE LEAN ONE
- With pleasure; I'm partial to company.
PEER
- I should like to consult you-
THE LEAN ONE
- Heraus! Go ahead!
PEER
- You see here before you a good sort of man.
- The laws of the state I have strictly observed,
- have made no acquaintance with fetters or bolts;-
- but it happens at times that one misses one's footing
- and stumbles-
THE LEAN ONE
- Ah yes; that occurs to the best of us.
PEER
- Now these trifles you see-
THE LEAN ONE
- Only trifles?
PEER
- Yes;
- from sinning en gros I have ever refrained.
THE LEAN ONE
- Oh then, my dear fellow, pray leave me in peace
