Her father heard the report and, when he saw the animal lying on the ground and the pistol at the little girl's feet, he seized it and with the sharp-edged handle struck--" "A child, his own daughter!" exclaimed Wilhelm indignantly.
"People are differently constituted," Belotti continued.

"Some, the class to which you probably belong, cautiously consider before they speak or act; the second reflect a long time and, when they are ready, pour forth a great many words, but rarely act at all; while the third, and at their head the Hoogstraten family, heap deeds on deeds, and if they ever think, it is only after the act is accomplished.

If they then find that they have committed an injustice, pride comes in and forbids them to confess, atone for, or recall it.

So one misfortune follows another; but the gentlemen pay no heed and find forgetfulness in drinking and gambling, carousing and hunting.

There are plenty of debts, but all anxiety concerning them is left to the creditors, and boys who receive no inheritance are supplied with a place at court or in the army; for the girls, thank God, there is no lack of convents, if they confess our holy religion, and both have expectations from rich aunts and other blood relations, who die without children." "You paint in vivid colors." "But they are true, and they all suit the Junker; though to be sure he need not keep his property for sons, since his wife gave him none.