Both.
Thank you, reverend Sir.
[They both run to fetch him a chair].
Anhalt.
I thank you, good people—I ſee you have a ſtranger here.
Cottager.
Yes, your Reverence; it is a poor ſick woman, whom I took in doors.
Anhalt.
You will be rewarded for it. [to Agatha.] May I beg leave to aſk your name?
Agatha.
Ah! If we were alone——
Anhalt.
Good neighbours, will you leave us alone for a few minutes? I have ſomething to ſay to this poor woman.
Cottager.
Wife, do you hear? Come along with me.[Exeunt Cottager and his Wife.]
Anhalt.
Now——
Agatha.
Before I tell who I am, what I am, and what I was——I muſt beg to aſk——Are you of this country?
Anhalt.
No—I was born in Alſace.
Agatha.
Did you know the late rector perſonally, whom you have ſucceeded?
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