The Herr Count may see to it then how he renews his lease." Hereupon he kicked off the socks with such vigor that the very castle shook.

Then, grasping his sword in his hand, he marched out of his room, and down the staircase, to prove that he was not fleeing like a coward, but was clearing his way by force.
When the clerk, who went to fetch the luggage, was about to enter the groom's apartment, the count came toward him and said: "You are the vice-palatine's clerk ?" "That 's what they call me." "When do you expect to become a lawyer ?" "When I have passed my examination." "When will that be ?" "When I have served a year as jurat, and have paid a ducat for my diploma." "I will give you the ducat, and when you have become a lawyer I will employ you as my attorney at six hundred guilders a year.

I know that a Hungarian gentleman will not accept a gift without making some return; I ask you, therefore, to give me for this ducat some information." "What is it you wish to know ?" "How can I obtain possession of a portion of Lake Neusiedl for my own use alone ?" "By becoming a naturalized citizen of the county, and by purchase of a portion of the shore.

I dare say there are some landowners on the shore who would be glad to part with their possessions in exchange for solid cash.

If you buy such an estate you will have sole right to that part of the water in front of your property, and to the middle of the lake." "Thank you.