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Minna Von Barnhelm

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing · 1768

passage 29 of 61 · ACT I.

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in brief
Franziska enters from her mistress’s room and recognizes Tellheim and Werner, and Werner and Tellheim talk about Franziska’s knowledge of the young, rich mistress who has come from Thuringia.

Franziska (coming out of Minna's room), Major von Tellheim, Paul Werner

FRAN. (entering). Are you there still, Mr. Sergeant? (Seeing Tellheim.) And you there too, Major? I will be at your service instantly. (Goes back quickly into the room.)

Major von Tellheim, Paul Werner

MAJ. T. That was she! But it seems you know her, Werner.

WER. Yes, I know her.

MAJ. T. Yet, if I remember rightly, when I was in Thuringia you were not with me.

WER. No; I was seeing after the uniforms in Leipsic.

MAJ. T. Where did you make her acquaintance, then?

WER. Our acquaintance is very young. Not a day old. But young friendship is warm.

MAJ. T. Have you seen her mistress, too?

WER. Is her mistress a young lady? She told me you are acquainted with her mistress.

MAJ. T. Did not you hear? She comes from Thuringia.

WER. Is the lady young?

MAJ. T. Yes.

WER. Pretty?

MAJ. T. Very pretty.

WER. Rich?

MAJ. T. Very rich.

WER. Is the mistress as fond of you as the maid is? That would be capital!

MAJ. T. What do you mean?

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topics: household management and servants · rank, class, and social order · the position of women

Minna Von Barnhelm · Gotthold Ephraim Lessing · 1768