ount to thirty. Pay him, and remove
my things.... Ah, where? Where you will. The cheaper the inn, the
better. You will find me in the neighbouring coffee-house. I am going;
you will see to it all properly?

JUST.
Have no fear, Major!

MAJ. T. (comes back).
Above all things, do not let my pistols be forgotten, which hang
beside the bed.

JUST.
I will forget nothing.

MAJ. T. (comes back again).
Another thing: bring your dog with you too. Do you hear, Just?

SCENE XI.
Just

JUST.
The dog will not stay behind, he will take care of that. Hem! My
master still had this valuable ring and carried it in his pocket
instead of on his finger! My good landlord, we are not yet so poor as
we look. To him himself, I will pawn you, you beautiful little ring! I
know he will be annoyed that you will not all be consumed in his
house. Ah!

SCENE XII.
Paul Werner, Just

JUST.
Hullo, Werner! good-day to you, Werner. Welcome to the town.

WER.
The accursed village! I can't manage to get at home in it again.
Merry, my boys, merry; I have got some more money! Where is the Major?

JUST.
He must have met you; he just went down stairs.

WER.
I came up the back stairs. How is he? I should have been with you last
week, but!!!!!

JUST.
Well, what prevented you?

WER.
Just, did you ever hear of Prince Heraclius?

JUST.
Heraclius? Not that I know of.

WER.
Don't you know the great hero of the East?

JUST.
I know the wise men of the East well enough, who go about with the
stars on New Year's Eve.

WER.

Brother, I believe you read the newspapers as little as the Bible. You
do not know Prince Heraclius. Not know the brave man who seized
Persia, and will break into the Ottoman Porte in a few days? Thank
God, there is still war somewhere in the world! I have long enough
hoped it would break out here again. But there they sit and take care
of their skins. No, a soldier I was, and a soldier I must be again! In
short, (looking round carefully, to see if anyone is listening)
between ourselves, Just, I am going to Persia, to have a few campaigns
against the Turks, under his Royal Highness Prince Heraclius.

JUST.
You?

WER.
I myself. Our ancestors fought bravely against the Turks; and so ought
we too, if we would be honest men and good Christians. I allow that a
campaign against the Turks canno