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She would not understand anything: I delicately alluded to the well, but this only caused her to discuss the difficulties of the inhabitants when the river overflowed in spring, and to wonder what would then be the nearest spot from which to fetch water. "Very likely 'Erbgericht'; but perhaps there would be a well on higher ground in the old inn 'Zum Rosengarten,'—surely there must be!"
In short, we talked as sensibly, and parted as formally, as if no such things as slippery steps nor springs of youth had ever existed.
