An officer seized me, and so I was taken to prison and the next day was brought before the magistrates.

Herr Groland was one of them, and, since it wasn't certain that I would not have restored the property I found, he interceded in my behalf.

When the others still wished to punish me, he besought my release because it was my first offence.

So we met, and when I admit that I am grateful to him for it, you know all." "H'm," replied Cyriax, giggling, as he nudged his wife in the side and made remarks concerning what he had just heard which induced even red-haired Gitta to declare that the loss of his tongue was scarcely a misfortune.
Kuni indignantly turned her back upon the slanderer and gazed out of the window again.

The Nuremberg Honourables had disappeared, but several grooms were unbuckling the knapsacks from the horses and carrying them into the house.