No sensible young man should for a moment entertain such a proposal.

The whole thing is non-existent.

I have had a bad night, I have been dreaming of horrors." But I had followed the banks of the Elbe and passed the town.

After passing the port too, I had reached the Altona road.

I was led by a presentiment, soon to be realised; for shortly I espied my little Graeuben bravely returning with her light step to Hamburg.
"Graeuben!" I cried from afar off.
The young girl stopped, rather frightened perhaps to hear her name called after her on the high road.