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PBEFAOE
Thi following choice of extracts from Goethe's prose

oalls for a few words of explanation, if not of justification.
In the first place, eyery teacher of (German has sufiered
to a greater or less extent from the want of good readingbooks ofproaem Nearly all the longer pieces read in our
colleges and schools are taken from the poetical literature
of the language, and especially from the drama. It would
be superfluous to dwell upon the grave inconveniences
arising from such one-sidedness. The difierence between
poetry and prose is marked in any language, and in none
more so than in German. When the student passes from
easy lyrics and dramas to the grave and subtle style of
history or criticism, he finds himself in a new world, as
it were. He is confronted with tangled constructions,
abstruse reasonings, and a terminology and mode of
thought for which he is wholly unprepared. The read*
ing-books in common use will not be of much avail. The
prose extracts which they contain are either far too easy
and simple, or they are too fragmentary. They exhaust
nothing, neither the style, the subject^ nor the authoi;
1 PREFACB.
The present Tolume, it is hoped, will help in a measure
to remedy the eviL All the pieces here offered are
models of style, and as such have met the unquestioning
approval of generations of readers and critics. Each section opens a new vein of thought and follows it to something like a well-roiinded ccmclusion. The several subjects, although touching at times upon certain of the
gravest problems that have occupied mankind, are treated
in a way that they cease to deter the youthful mind, and
the collection, taken in its entirety, may give the reader
& definite and reasonably comprehensive idea of the author's wonderful resources, his power, his fertility of invention, his insight into human character, his ability to
enter into every phase of human life.
In expressiDg this hope, I have been led into anticipating somewhat the second word of explanation. Namely,
it has been my object throughout, not merely to make a
selection of the best (German prose, but to give a picture
of Goethe himself in his own words. The ignorance which
prevails in America concerning the greatest of German
writers and thinkers is, speaking within bounds, deplorable. The present is, of course, no place for indulging in
controversy in hehaH of GU}ethe. The issue has been
fought out already in Germany, and will not- be long in
reaching us and reversing the premature judgments of
some among us. Suffice it to say that I have endeavored
to make the following extracts illustrative, so far as the
narrow limits of the volume would permit, of the sucdesBLve stages in Goethe's life and mental growth. Eadi
pieoe^ therefore, has a decidedly autobiognîhieal charao-
FRBFAOB yh
tTf and the order of arrangement is chronologicaL It
will only be necessary to observe that the passages from
Wc^heit und Dichtung are placed first because of the
subjects which they discuss, and not because of their
priority in style. The youthful style of Goethe begins
with Weriher. The diction of the Autobiography is
that of a man far advanced in life, who reverts to the
scenes and struggles of his youth and gives an account of
them for the benefit of posterity. First impressions and
recollections are already dim, diaries and letters are often
not at hand to refreshen the memory, and the writer ia
in general apt to confound early views with subsequent
experience. A notable instance occurs p. 26, where
Goethe invests Wieland, in 1766, with the halo of later
years, and overlooks the circumstance that he himself
wrote in 1773 a sharp satire ofWieland's French pro-
clivities. Yet Wahrheit wnd Dtchtung^ despite its errors

and defects, will ever remain a monument of autobiographical composition, and a thorough knowledge of it
indispensable to whoever seeks to understand Germany
in the eighteenUi century.
The selections from WUhekn Meister, it will be observed, contain no delineation of character. This was
unavoidable. No one of the personages of the romance
could have been given in fulness without swelling the
volume beyond its proper limits, and without introducing
many passages unsuited to a text-book. Goethe's power
of delineation, moreover, can easily be learned from J^gmoni or some other of his dramatical works, not to speak
of the present selections from Wetther and the idyl of
Ti FBEFAOB.
SetmAmm. On the other hand, it seemed to me especially desirable to make the reader acquainted with
Goethe^s talent as a critic. Those who read only his
Ijiical and dramatical productions, and ignore his critical
acumen, fail to detect the main-spring of his influence
u])on European thought The selections from the MetsteTy although not comprising all the remarks upon
Hamlety give the gist of the author's views. They will
require, on the part of the student, the most careful
collateral reading of the English play. And if conscientiously mastered, they will prove themselves to be the
best possible introduction to the modem school of critfeism, which, in fiicti dates its existence from the Mntietm
ITsw YOBK, Angoii, 181f.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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L (Erjie eetnefler in 8ett2i9 U
% Cêfenlêitn 27
IL S)te Seiben be9 itttigen SBert^n 49
m. (Sin iBrief on bet e4ei) 71
IV. StaHenif 4e 9leife 82
. SBiQdm SReiflcct SftMo^. 119
dt^tS @emeflet tit 9et))}tg.
Vtt ii^ in Set^gtg aniam, loat t9 getabe 9Reg}ett, tooroua

mir ein befonbered Vergngen entf))rang : benn xttj fa^ (ter bie
fjortfcfeung eine Datcrtonbifdên ^ttP^nbe or mir, bclannte
haaren unb SJcrlufcr^'nur m onbcren ^ttjcn nnb in einer
anbeten $o(ge. dd^ burd^fhtc^ ben Rorft nnb bie Suben mit
Dictem 9nt{)ei( ; befonberS aber }ogett meine Sufmertfomteit an
ft^, in t^ren fettfamen ^teibeyt, j[ene Semo^ner ber 5{)tt(êtt
@egenben, bie $o{en unb 9iuffen, Dor alien aber bie rietiên,
beren anfe^ndên efla(ten unb rbigen {eibnngen iij gat
oft ju ef aOen gteng.
2)tefe lebhafte Jewegnng mar jebod| balb Dorttber, unb nun
trat mir bie @tabtfetbjl mit i^ren fc^nen^ ôên unb unter etm
anber gleichen ebuben entgegen. @ie mochte einen fe^r
guten (Einbrud auf mic^, unb ed ifl nid^t ^ leugnen, bag fie
berhaupt, befonberd aber in fltKen Romenten ber onn unb
Feiertage, tttoa9 vhn))ofanted ôt, fo wie bernt auc^ im Wlonb
fdêin bie tragen, â(b befd^(^tet âlb erleuchtet, mic^ oft jn
nc^tdên ^romenaben etniuben
dnbeffen gengte mir gegen bad, nmd iij bidder gewohnt ar,
bicfcr neue 3"P^w^ tcinewegd. Seipjig ruft bem Sefcâuet
teine attert^mlicê 3ît gurttdC ; e9 ifl eine neue, lur} Dergang
ene, Don ânbetet^ttgleit, SSSo^tâbenêit, Steid^tûm 30^
geube (Epoche, bie flc^ nn9 in bi^fett Z)eidmaiett cntBlitbct
19 (SotOfti $ro[(L
debod^ ganj naij memem fam loaren bte mir imgeêtsn
fdêfatcnben ebttube, bte, nad^ jtoet tragen t^r efid^t wen
benb, in gro^|^|unnteI]^0(^ mnbanten ôfrumen eine brgerliche
vv SBelt nntfd^B gc^J^&^t P âlbflbten ^nlic^ ftnb.
dn einem btefer feftfofiTen 9tttnme quartierte xij mic^ ein, nnb
gwar in ber t^nerfugel jwifcên bem oQen nnb neuen 92eumartt
Sin ))aar artige î^^^^f bie in ben $of faên, ber n)egen bed
S)urc^gangd nic^t unbelebt loar, betoo^nte ber Suc^^ftnbter
Sleifdêr toitt^renb ber SReffe, nnb xtS) fr bie brige 3ît vm
data leiblichen $rei9. S( @tu6ennad)6am fanb v) einen
2:(eoIogen, ber in feinem {âcê grnblic^ unterrid^tet, tooÎ^
benlenb, aber arm toar nnb, n)ad i^m groge orge fr bie
ûtunft machte, fe^r an ben Sugen fitt, (Sr (atte fid^ biefed
Uebel burd^ bermigem Sefen bid in bie tieffle ^Dmmerung,
ta fogar, um bad toenige )el }tt tx^paxta, bei SDtonbfcêin 3U
gebogen Hnfere alte Birtîn er}etgte fic^ ôML^tig. gegen
t^n, gegen mic^ feberjeit freunbfid^ unb gegen beibe forgfam.
9}un eilte id^ mit meinem (m))fe^(ungdfd^reiben gu $ofrat^
9 5 ^ m e, ber, ein 3^9^^S ^^^ SRadcot, nunmehr fein tod^
folger, efd^td|te unb @taat9red^te lehrte. (Sin Heiner, unter
fester, lebhafter aRamt em))fieng mid^ fresnblid^ genug unb flellte
mid^ feiner attin Dor. Seibe, fomie bie brigen êrfonen,
benen ic^ auftoartete, gaben mir bie befle Hoffnung n)egen
meinet lnftigen Sufentâlted ; bod^ lieg i^ mic^ anfangt
gegen ntemaub merlen, mad ic^ im @d^t(be fhrte, ob id^ gteid^
ben fdîdKidên SOtoment laum ertoarten lonnte, too i) mic^ k)on
ber duri^prubenj frei unb bem tubium ber 91ten erbunben
erKftren too^t. Sorfid^tig n)artete id^ ab, bid gteifc^crg toieber

abgereifi maren, bamit mein Sorfa^ nid^t atlgugefd^minb ben
SReintgen Derrotên tofirbe. @obamt aber gieng ii^ o^ne Wn?
(Srfted emefter fat Se{)}}tg 18

ftanb jtt ôfrat^ ^Mfxatn, bem xii Dor atlen bte Bajt glaubte
vertrauen gu muffen, unb eritftrte t^m, mit Dieter Sonfequettj
mtb ârrêfte, meine Stbfld^t StOein id^ fanb teine^tvegd eine
gute Slufna^me meinet SJortragd. S(I^ $tftoriIer unb @taat^
rcd^tter âtte er einen erttftrten $ag gegen at9, toa^ nad^
fdônen Siffenfcâften fc^medte. UngtctcênDeife flanb er
mit benen, h>e{(ê fie cuItiDirten, nid^t im beften Seme^men, unb
eOerten befonber^, fr ben id^, ungefcîtft genug, Diet 3^
trauen geuert lâtte, lonnte er nun gar nid[)t leiben. denen
nncm atfo einen treuen 3u^<^rer gugutveifen, fld^ felbfl abet
einen gu entgieên, unb noc^ bagu unter foldên Umflftnben,
festen i^m gang unb gar ungulffig, (r lîelt mir baêr and
htm Stegreif eine gemaltige @trafprebigt, toorin er betêuerte, bag
er o^ne Srlaubnig meiner (SItem einen folcên @d^ritt nid^t gu^
geben fnne, h>enn er i^n auc^, n)ie îer ber fâll nid^t fei,
fetbft billigte. (r Derunglim^fte barauf leibenfdâftKc^ $îIo
logie unb @pra(^ftubien, noc^ me^r aber bie ))oetif(ên Uebungen,
bie ic^ freilie im întergmnbe âtte bur^blicfen taffen. (Sr
fdÎog gule^t, bag, menu ii) [a bem @tubium ber stten mid^
nftêm iDoKe, foldêd Diet beffer auf bem SBege ber duri^firubeng
gefcêlên Idnne. (Sr brad^te mir fo mandên eleganten On
riften, (Sberârb )tto unb $einecciud, in9 ebd^tnig, Der
\pxad) mir Don ben rmifcên Sltert^mem unb ber 9iec^t^ge
fd)id^te golbne Serge unb geigte mir fonnenllar, bag id^ îer
ni^t einmal einen Umh>eg madê, n)enn ic^ aud^ fpterîn nod^
ênen Sorfa^, nad^ reiferer Uebertegung unb mit ûftimmuug
meiner SItem. audgufil^ren gebftc^te. @r erfuc^te mic^ freunblic^,
bie a(ê noc^matd gu berlegen unb i^m meine efinnungen
balb gu er5ffnen, n)eil ed n9tf|ig fei, toegen beDorfteênbenSufang
êr SoQegien fid^ gund^ft gu entfc^tiefien
14 iotS)t ^rofo.
(S9 tDor no^ gai^ orttg Don i^m, ntc^t auf ber Stelle m mvS^
\n bringen eine Argumente unb bad (Sttoiiji, toomit er fte
Dortntg, fatten meine btegfame dugenb fdôn bergeugt, unb xij
fa^ nun erfl bte@c^tDterig!etten unb 93eben!ttc^fetten einer iSacê,
bie ic^ mir im ftiQen fo tûlidft audgebilbet âtte. rau ôfrat^
S(}me tieg mic^ furj borauf ju ftd^ einlaben. Od^ fanb fir
aQetn. @ie war nid^t me^r j[ung unb fel|r frunllid^, unenb-*
lic^ fanft unb jart unb mad^te gegen iên ^larm, beffen U
mtîgfeit fogar poittxte, einen entfcîebenen Sontraft @ir
brachte mid^ auf bad Don i^rem 2)ânne neuUc^ gefl^rte e\px(ij unb fleOte mir bie (Bai)^ nod^mald fo freunblid^, liebe
JooU unb erflnbig im gangen Umfange Dor, bag id^ mid^
nic^t ent{)alten fonnte, nachzugeben : bie menigen SReferuattonen,
auf benen id^ beflonb, mrben Don j[ener @eite benn auc^ b^
midigt.
SDcr emaÎ regutirte barauf meine @tunben : ba foQte ic^

benn $Ûofo))îe, 3{ed^tdgefdîd^te unb dnflitutionen unb noc^
einiget anbere ôren 0(^ Ke mir bad gefallen ; boc^ fe^^te
xi) hvLx), eQertd Siteraturgefdîc^te ber @todElâufen unb
augerbem fein ^racticum gu frequentiren*
S)ie Sere^rung unb Siebe, nieldê e 1 1 e r t Don aOen jungen
Seuten genog, n)ar augerorbentd^. dd^ âtte i^n fdôn befud^t
mib toax freunbli^ Don i^m aufgenommen morben 9Hd^t
grog Don e{la(t, jierli^; aber nic^t âger, fanfte, elêr traurige
Singen, eine fel^r fd^ne @tim, eine nid^t bertriebene $abi(^td
nafe, einen feinen unb, ein gefOiged DDal bed efid^td ;
at^ maijtt feine egenmart angenehm unb mnfcêndmert^.
d foflcte einige SKê, ju i^m ju gefangen, eine gmei ga*
muli fcîenen ^riefter, bie ein Ûigtûm bewahren, mogu nid^t
iebem, nod^ gu ieber ^dt, ber ûtritt erlaubt ift ; imb eine folc^
(Srfted @emefter in Sdp}ig* lA

SorfU^t Mr tooÎ notîoeiibtg ; bemt et toftrbe fentnt gatijen
ftg (infgeo}êtt âben, toenn er aQe bte Wltnîjtn, bte fic^ tl^tn
Dertrauttc^ 3U nhern gebac^tcn, ^Stte anfne^men unb befrte
bigen toMau
SKeme S&Oegia 6eftt<l^te id^ anfcmgd cmftg unb treufid^ : bte
$^tlofop^te nôQte mtd^ jebod^ feincdmeg^ aufflren. 3n ber
Sogt! fam t9 mir munberltii^ Dor, bag ic^ biejenigcn ei{led
o))erationen, bte id^ t)on dugenb auf mit ber grpgten Sequent^
lic^teit Derrid^tete, fo aud einonber jerrcn, Dereinjetnen unb
gleicbfam }erfldren foUte, urn ben redeten ebrau^ bcrfclbcn
etnjttfeên. Son bent 3>inge, tfon ber SBett, Don @ott glaubte
t(^ ungefhr fo Dtel gn n}iffcn ate ber Se^rer felbft, tmb t9 fcîcn
mir an me^r ate einer Stelle gemattig gu fâptm. !IDoc^ gteng
aSe^ nod^ in giemliiêr ôlge bid gegen iâfhtac^t, too in ber
97ê bed ^rofefford 2Bin(f(er auf bem 2ômadf)tan, gerabe urn
bie tunbe, bi< ffHic^jlen jtr))fe( êig and ber Pfanne famen^
loel^ und bntn bergefla erfpSteten, bag tmfere $efte locfer
mrben unb bad (Enbe berfelben 'gegen bad f^r^j[a^r mit bem
(^nee jitgleic^ Derfd^mofg unb flc^ Derlor.
iDtit ben jluriflifcên SoQegien marb ed 6alb eben fo fcÎimm:
benn id^ mugte gerabe fdôn fo Diet, ate und ber Se^rer ju ber^
liefern fr gut fanb. SRein erfl ârtntfiger JJkig im 9?a^*
fd^reiben mrbe nad^ unb nac^ gelhmt, inbem ic^ ed ^c^fi
(angmeig fanb, badj[enige noc^mate aufjujeic^nen, mad id^ bei
meinem Sater, têild fragenb, têitd antmortenb, oft genug
micbcrôlt ôtte, imt ed fr immer im ebk^tnig ju behalten.
2)er Schaben, ben mam anrichtet, menu man j[unge Seute auf
@d)nten in mondn S)ingen ju meit ftt^, ât ft^ f))terîn
nod^ mef|r ergeben, ba man ben prad^bungen unb ber 93e<
Qtnbtmg in bem, toad igentKAe Sortemttm^ finb, 3cit unb
16 eotft $rofa
Xttfmetffamlrit aBbrad^, mit fie an fogenmmte ReoStStm |s
totxihtn, uieê me^r jerfbeuen a btibett, toemt fie nu^t tne
tôbifd^ unb Dodfl&nbig berftefert toerben.

97o4 ein anbere^ Uebel, toobnrd^ tnbirenbe fe|r bebrftngt
fatb^ em^ne tc^ ^ter betlfiuftg. $rofeffortn, fo ffd tote anbete
in SIemtem angeeKte SDtSnner, fnnen ni^t aQe Don einem
SQter fein ; ba aber bie lungeren eigentlid^ nnr lehren, mn fft
lernen, nnb noc^ bajn, loenn fie gnte Ad))fe finb, bem Zeitalter
Doreilen, fo ertoerben fie i^re Sitbnng bnrdâud auf Unloflen bec
^nî^rer, toett biefe nic^t in bem unterrid^tet loerben, load f!e
etgenttid^ braudên, fonbem in bem, load ber Seêr fr fid^ gn
bearbeiten n5tîg ftnbet. Unter ben lteflen ^rofefforen bage
gen finb mandê fdôn lange 3ett flationttr ; fie berliefern im
gangen nur fiê ^(nfi^ten unb, toad bad einzelne betrifft, oie
(ed, h>ad bie 3eit fdôn aid unn^ unb fatfdft Derurtêilt ât
2)urd^ beibed entfielt ein trauriger Sonfiilt, jnîfcên loelcêm
junge eier în nnb êr gejerrt toexhtn, unb loelcêr laum
burd^ bie Secret bed mittleren Sttterd, bie, obfdôn genugfam
unterri^tet unb gebilbet bod^ immer no^ ein t^fttiged treben
gum iffen nnb tac^benlen bei fld^ em))finben, ind Iei(ê ge*
bracht werben lann.
Sie iij nun auf biefem SEBege Diel me^rered lennen aid ju*
redete legen lernte, n)oburd^ ftd^ ein immer n)ad^fenbed 9Ripe*
âgen in mir êroorbrang, fo âtte id^ aud| oom Seben mandê
Heine Unanne^mlid^teiten ; n)ie man benn, toenn man ben )rt
Derdnbert unb in neue Ser^ltniffe tritt, immer Sinflanb geben
mug. S)ad erfle, koad bie f^rauen an mir tabelten, bejog {ic^
auf bie Aleibung ; benn id^ n)ar Dom $aufe freilie ettoad bmu
herlid^ equipirt auf bie Sabemie gelangt
9Rein Sater, bem ni(^td fo fe^ Derâgt toor, aid locnn etloal
{x\M @emefter in Scipjig 11

ttttf^thtiij flefdâ^, ttxxn jemanb feine iêit nid^t }n (rauchen
icugte ober fte ju benuên feine elegenêit fanb, trieb feine
jOelonontie ntit ÂX unb jtr&ften fo tveit, bag i^m nic^td nte^r
Inrgngen maijtt, aU jniei fÎiegen ntit einer klappt jn \ijlQ*
gen. dx âtte begttegen niemals einen 93ebienten, ber nid^t im
$aufe JU noc^ etnâ^ n^tic^ gettefen tore. SDa er nun t)on
jle^r ae9 mit eigener $anb fd^rieb unb fp&ter bie Sequemlic^
feit âtte, j[enem iungen $audgenof[en in bie fêber ju bittiren
fa fanb er am Dortêilâfteflen, @d)neibr gu SSebienten }u ôben, nêlê bie tunben gut antvenben mugten, inbem fie nid^t
allein i^re SiDreien, fonbem aud^ bie jtteiber filr SSater unb jtin
ber JU fertigen, nid|t weniger aOfed iîcfrocrf ju beforgen Ratten.
3Rein Sater koar fetbft um bie beften Xcêr unb 3^"^^ bem^t^
inbem er auf ben Reffen t)on auswrtigen ânbetSêrren feine
SBaare bejog unb fte in feinen Sorrat^ legte ; tvie id^ tnid^ benn
nod^ red^t oÎ erinnere, ba er bie Ferren on Jwenic^t t)Ott
Sadden jeberjeit befud[}te unb mi(^ t)on meiner frêjlten Sfugcnb
an mit biefen unb anberen Dorjgtic^cn $anbeteêrren befannt
mad^te.
{Jr bie Sc^tigfett be S^ng njar alfo gcforgt unb genug*
famer SSorrat!) erfcf)iebcncr Sorten Ittd^r, arf^cn, (Sotting*
tt S^H' "^^* tt}eniger ba ntîgc Unterfuttcr Dorânben, fo
bo tt)ir bcm toff nai) un njo^l Ratten brfcn fc^cn laffcn ;
aber bie gorm crborb meifl alle : benn njenn ein folc^cr
$aufd^neiber aQenfaffS ein guter @efeQe gcmefen m&re, um
einen meijterâft jugefc^nittenen 5Rod mo^( ju nên unb ju fcr
tigen, fo fote er nun ouc^ bad Stcib fetbft jufrfjneiben, unb bie^
fe geriet^ ntdfjt immer jum beflcn. îcju lom nocf), bag
mein Sater atlcS, wa ju feinem ?lnjugc gehrte, fcf)r gut unt
reintid^ îett unb iete a^re me^r bemafirte at benugte, ba()ei
18 @oetê ^xo\cu
eine SorIte6e fr getDtffen alten 3i<f4nitt unb Ser^teningea
trug, n)oburd^ unfer $u^ mitunter ein n)unberti(ê^ Snfeden
(elanu
S(uf eben btefem 2Bege âtte man aud^ meine arberobe, bietd^ mit auf bie SUabemie na^m, }u @tanbe gebracht ; fie nâi
rec^t Doftnbig unb anfe^nlid^ unb fogar ein XreffenHeib bar
unter. Si), biefe Srt Don tlufjug fcôn gcnô^nt, îelt mic^
fr gcpu^t genug ; allein ed n)^rte nic^t lange, fo ber3eugten
mi^ meine 3=reunbtnnen, erfl burc^ (eid^te 9lectereien, bann burc^
(vernnftige SorfteQungen, bag id^ wie and einer frentben
SSelt êreingefc^neit au^feê. o Diet Serbrug ic^ au(^ ijitt
ber empfanb, fa^ ic^ bod^ anfangt nid^t, toxt ii) mir Reifen
fontf %i9 aber $err Don SOtafmen, ber fo beliebte ))oetif(ê
3)oTunfer, einf) auf bem 2:êater in einer ^nlidên ftleibung
auftrat unb me^r wegen feiner uern aid inneren Sbgefd^madEt
êit êrjU^ betac^t murbe, fagte ic^ ben 9Rut^ unb wagte,
meine fmmtlidê @arberobe gegen eine neumobifcê, bem Ort
gemge, auf einmal umjutaufdên, woburd^ fie aber freilid^ fe^r
jufammenf^nimpftc.
âi) biefer berflanbenen Prfung foDte abermate eine neue
eintreten, welche mir weit unangenehmer auffiel, weil fie eine
@a(ê betraf, bie man nid^t fo leidet ablegt imb umtaufd^t
3(^ war nmtic^ in bem oberbeutfcên 3)iatelt geboren unb
erjogen, unb obglei^ mein Sater fic^ fletd einer gewiffen 9iein
êit ber @f)raê beflig unb un9 înber auf bad. Wad man
luirftid^ ngel j[ened dbiomd nennen tann, Don Ougenb an
anfmerffam gemad^t unb ju einem befferen (Spredên vorbereitet
âtte, f blieben mir bo^ gar manche tiefer liegenbe (Eigenheiten,
bie id], Weil fte mir i^rer 9}aiDett Wegen gefteten, mit Seâgen
êrDorôb unb mir baburd^ Don meinen neuen SRitbrgeru jebed'
Qct\M @emefter in Setfijig. 19

ma( einen {hengen Sertoetd jujog. 3!)er 06erbeutfd)e ndmlicî
mtb DteQetc^t Dorjgc^ berientge, tt)cld)tt bent 9iêtn unb
Rain anto^nt (benn groe glffe âbcn, mie ba Rccrcufcri
immer tma9 Selebenbed), brdt ftc^ Dte( in leic^ntffen unb
Slnfpielungen and, unb bei einer inneren, nienfdênerflnbigen
c^tigleit bebient er ftd^ fpric^nirtltcêr Stebenârten. dn
beiben ^Qen ift er ftere berb, hoij, ttnn man auf ben 3^^'
bed Sludbmded fte^t, immer gehrig ; nur mag freili^ mand^
mal etniad mit unterlaufen, toa9 gegen ein gartered Of)r ftd^
anjlogig erweijL
Oebe $ro))inj liebt i^ren Diateft : benn er ifl boc^ eigenttid^

bad SIement, in nieldêm bie @eele i^ren ^têm fd^pft. 9Rit
koetdêm (Sigenfinn aber bie meignifdê Jiunbart bie brigen gu
beêrrfcên, ja eine ^t lang audjufd^liegen gemut ât, i{l
iebermann befannt. Bir lâben t)iele 3a^re unter biefem pe^
bantifcên 9tegimente gelitten, unb nur burc^ bielfacên 3\hcv
{heit âben fid^ bie fmmtlicên ^rot)in}en in i^re alten Siedete
toieber eingefe^t. 993ad ein junger lebhafter 3){enfc^ unter
biefem beftnbigen ôfmeiflem audgeftanben âbe, mtrb berjentge
leidet ermeffen, ber bebenft, bag nun mit ber 9[udfprad[)e, in
bereu SerSnberung man fic^ enblidj n)oI}I ergbe, jugteic^ Denf
iDeife, (Sinbilbungdfraft, ef^l, t)aterlnbif(êr Sârafter foDten
aufgeopfert erben. Unb biefe unertrgtidê gôrberung tvurbe
Don gebilbeten SRnnem unb grauen gemad[)t, bereu Ueberjeu
gung id^ mir nic^t jueignen lonnte, bereu Unred^t id^ ju em
pfinben glaubte, o^ne mir ed beutlic^ machen ju fnnen. SOHr
foQten bie Snfpielungen auf btblifcê êmflellen unterfagt fein,
fo toit bie 93enuûng treuêrjiger S^roucn^ûdbrcfe. 3(^
foQte Dergeffen, bag id^ ben eiler t)on âiferdberg gelefen âtte,
itnb bed ebrauc^d ber prid^ttidrter entbehren, bie bod), fiatt
20 @oet^ ^M<u
Dieted $tiu imb ^tfadelnd, ben 9!agel glei(^ anf ben Sli^
treffen ; ailed bie, toa^ iij mir mit {ugenbliêr êftigfeit an#
geeignet, foUte id^ miffen ; iij jiiÎte mic^ in meinem dnnerflen
))ara(t){trt unb h>ugte faum me^r, mie ic^ mic^ 6er bie gemein
cn S)inge gu ftitgeru âtte. 2)aneben l^rte xi), man foQe
reben, mie man fd^reibt, unb fd^reiben loie man fpri^t; ba
mir 9teben unb Schreiben ein fr alte 9Ra( gmeiertei 3)inge
fdîenen, Don benen jebed toio^t feine eignen 9{eê behaupten
md^te. Unb ôtte i^ bod^ anc^ im 3Reigner !3)ialelt man^9
}u ^ren, mad ftd^ auf bem $a))ier nid^t f onberlui^ mrbe andge
nommen âben.
debermann, ber îer Demimmt, miiitn (Sinf(tt| auf einen
ptugen @tubirenben gebilbete Rnner unb t^rauen, ele^rte
unb fonf) in einer feinen @ociett ftc^ gefaenbe $erfonen fo
entfcîeben audben, torbe, menu ed auc^ nid^t audgeffnrocên
tore, fi(^ fogteic^ berzeugt Ratten, bag mir und in Seipjig be
finben 3ebe ber beutfcên Slabemien lât eine befonbere Qk*
flatt : bennmeit in unferem Satertanbe leine allgemeine Si(bung
burd^bringen fann, fo beârrt j[cber Ort auf feiner %xt unb
SEBeife unb treibt feine dâra!teriflif(!ên Eigenheiten bid aufd
letzte ; eben biefed gilt Don ben Sfabemien. Sn Stna unb
^ne mar bie 9to^ît aufd ^fle geftiegen, frperdê trle,
êc^tergemanbtêit, bie milbefle etbflîlfe mar bort an ber
Sagedorbnung ; unb ein folcêr 3^1^^"^ ^^^^ P^ ^<ur burc^
ben gemeinflen @aud unb 93raud erhalten unb fortpflanjen.
â9 Ser^ttnig ber @tubirenben }u ben Siumo^nem j[ener
@tbte, fo Dcrfdîeben ed an) fein mo^te, lam bodft barin bep.
ein, bag ber milbe rembting feine Îd^tung oor bem ^Brger
âtte unb fi^ a(d ein eigned, gu aller greiêit unb f^rec^êit
pmilegirted Sefen anfa^. S)agegen tonnte in Sei))}ig eis
(Srfted etnefter in Set|i2ig- Si

Shibent lawn anberd att âlaxd fein, fobalb er mit rei(^
h)o{){ nnb genau gefttteten (Etntt)o^nem in einigem Sejug fte^n
tootttc.
Wit atanterie frettid^, n)enn fte nid^t ate 93ttê einer
groen nnb totxttn Seben^meife êrt)ortritt, mug befc^rnft,
ftationSr nnb and gewiffen eft^tînmlten DieQeidit atbem
erf(înen ; nnb fo glanbten |ene leilben dger Don ber @aale
fiber bie ja^men (Schfer an ber steige ein groged Uebergemic^t
}u âben. 3^<^^^^^ 9tenommi{i toirb hnmer ein fd^t^bared
2)oIument bleiben, worand bie bamage Sebend nnb (Sinned
art anf(|auGd^ êrt)ortritt ; toie berhaupt feine @ebid^te j[cbem
nîSIommen fein muffen, ber ftc^ einen Segriff tion bem ffoat
fc^macên, aber nêgen feiner Unfcûlb nnb înblic^teit Gebend
mrbigen 3nanbe bed bamagen gefeilten Sebend nnb SBefend
machen titL
Wlt @itten, bie and einem gegebenen Ser^ltttig eined ge
meinen SBefend entf))ringen, pnb nnDertofllic^, nnb gu meiner
3eit erinnerte nod^ mandêd an 3^^^^'^ êlbengebic^t
Sin einziger nnferer afabemifcên SRitbtger îett fid^ fr rei^
nnb nnab^&ngig genug, ber ffent{idên3Reinung ein@d^ntp)Kên
ga fdÎagen. @r trani @d^n)gerfdâft mit allen So^ntutfdêm,
bie er, atd tDren'd bie Ferren, fid^ in bie SBagen fefên lieg nnb
fefbfl Dom 93o(fe fn^r, [xt einmal nm}ntt)erfen fftr einen grogen
@f)ag îelt, bie gerbroêmn âtbdftaifen fottjie bie gnfQigen
Seuten jn Dergfiten nmgte, brigend aber niemanben beteibigte,
fonbem nur bad ûbfifum in SKaffe jn erb^nen fdîen. Sinfi
bcmSd^tigte er nnb ein pieggefett pd^, am fc^nflcn ^romcno*
ben:!age, ber Sfel bed iCômadmIIerd ; fie ritten, nô^tgeflei
bet, in @cûên nnb trumpfen, mit bem grSgten (Smfl um bie
Gtabt, angeaunt Don allen pajiergSngem, uon benen bad
22 oct^c ^rofa.
Iact3 tointtnclte. %l9 xfjm einige SBoIjtbenfettbe hierber Sot
fleQimgen traten, Dcrftcêrte er ân^ unbefangen, er âbe nut
fcên moHen, ie fic^ ber êrr Si^rifhi in einem fi^ncên
fâQe ntd^te aufgenommen âben. 9{acâ^mer fanb er [choij
feinen unb enig ef eilen.
3)enn ber @tubirenbe t)on einigem Vermgen unb Slnfeên
âtte aDe Urfacê; ft^ gegen ben $anbeteflanb ergeben ;|u er
toeijen unb fit^ um fo me^r fciîcHicêr ugerer formen ju befiel*
gigen, al^ bie Kolonie ein SRuflerbilb fran3dfifdêr (Sitten bar
flete. SDie ^rofefforen, too^tâbenb burt^ eigene^ Sermgen
unb gute $frnben, toaren Don i^ren (Schlern nic^t obI)ngig,
unb ber ?anbe^!inber mehrere, auf ben fjrpcnfdûlen ober fon*
fligen Qmnaften gebilbet unb S3efrberung ôffenb, toagten e9
ni^t, ftd^ Don ber êrlommticên (Sitte (o^jufagen. S)ie 92ê
toon SJrebcn, bie ufmerffamfcit toon baêr, bie a^re grm
migfcit ber Oberauffeêr be tubientoefen lonnte nid^t o^ne
fitttidên, ja religifen influ bleiben.
9Kir loar biefe 8ebcnart im Anfange ni^t jumiber ; meine
(gmpfe^tung^briefe Ratten mi^ in gute ^fiufer eingefl;rt, beren
toertoanbte Sirfel mi^ glei^faH^ mo^t aufnahmen. SDa id^

ober balb em))ftnben mugte, bag bie efcll|câft gar mandêd
on mir audjufeên lâtte, unb ic^, na^bem id^ mic^ i^rem @inne
gemg gelleibet, i^r nun aud^ na^ bem SRunbe reben follte, unb
babet bodf) beutlid^ feên tonnte, ha^ mir bagegen toon aQe bem
koenig geleiftet lourbe, toa^ t^ mir toon Untemd^t unb @inned
frbeiung bei meinem alabemifên 3[ufentl|alt toerfprodên âtte,
fo fieng t^ an, tffig ju werben unb bie gefeHigen $fltc^ten ber
Sefudje unb fonftigen SIttentionen ju toerfumen, unb i^ nire
nod^ frher aud aQeu f olcên Ser^ttniffen herausgetreten, ^tte
mid^ ni^t m ôfratl^ 935^men (Sdêu unb Sichtung tmb a
rfted emefter in Seipjig 28

feine attxn 3*^^"^ ^^ 5Rcignng feflgcfnilpft 3)cc e
ma^t âtte tetber nid)! bte gldfUcê a6e, nttt (ungen $!euten
untjugelên; ftc^ t^r S3ertrauen ju emerben unb fr ben Singen
bd md) Sebrfntg jn leiten. Sid) fanb niemals en)tnn bcu
t)on, n)cnn ic^ i^n befuc^te ; feine attin bagegen geigte ein
aufrichtiges dntereffe an mir. 3^re ^rnfUd^fcit îe(t fte fletS
gu $anfe. @ie lub ntid^ ntandên 3lbenb gu ft^ unb tougte
nc^, ber id) jtvar geftttet mar, aber boc^ eigentli^, toa^ man
ScbcnSart nennt, nid^t befa, in mand[)cn einen eugertid^fei^
ten gured^t gn fhren unb gu evbeffem. 9Jur eine eingigc gêun
bin hxad)U bie Slbcnbe bei i^r gu ; biefe war aber fd)on tjemfcêt
unb fcûlmeijtcrêr, betucgen fie mir ugcrfl mifiel unb xd)
xf)x gum S^rufc ftere jene Unarten lieber annal^m, njetcê mit
bie Slnbere fcôn abgeto^nt l}atte. ic bten unterbcffen no^
immer ebutb genug an mir, lcl)rtcn mi^ piquet, Tômbre unb
toaS anbcre bergleicên piele finb, bereu cnntni unb Slu3*
bung in ber efeUfdjaft fr unerllich gcfjattcn tirb. ^^
SBorauf aber SRabame S^me ben grten (Sinflu bei mir
()attc, toar auf meinen ef(j^ma(i, freili^ auf eine negatit)e
SBeife, morin pe jcbo^ mit ben ritifcm ollfommcn berein*
traf, as ottfêbifdê etoffcr âtte bie bcutfê SBelt mit
einer n)a^ren @nbflut berfc^n)emmt, xotld)^ fogar ber bie
^d^flen Serge înaufgufteigcn breite. SiS ftc^ eine folc^c ^lut
luicber t)erluft, bis ber @d^lamm auStrocfnet, bagu gehrt iele
3eit, unb ba eS ber nad)ffcuben ôeten in jcber Spod)e eine
Unga^l gibt, fo brad)te bie 9{adâ^mung beS eisten, SBri^
gen einen folgen SBufl êror, t)on bem gegentDrttg faum ein
Segriff me^r geblieben ifi DaS @c^tec^te fc^lec^t gu ftnben,
ivar ba^cr ber grte pa, ja ber Sriump^ bamaliger Sxu
In. Ser nur etrigen SRenfcênerflanb befa. oberfldd)li(^ mil
24 OCf^ SKO\a.
ken fDteti, ettoad 8^ tnit bnt Steueren (efotmt towc, gtauUc
fid^ fdôn mit einem SOtagflabe têrfeên, ben er beraO anlegen
lnne. Rabame 93^me umr eine gebilbete f^rau, toetdêr tad
Unbebeutenbe, d^mad^ nnb emeine tt)tberflanb ; fie mar uo(^
bcrbted attin eined JSJlamit9, ber mit ber ôefte 6erû))t in
Unfrieben lebte nnb badjienige nid^t geben lieg, koad fie aKcn
faOd nod^ gebilligt ^fttte. 9lnn ^rte fte mir paat einige ^t\i
mit ebnib jn, loenn idft i^r SJerfe ober $rofa Don namhaften,
f dôn in gutem Stnfeên fleênben S)id^tem jn recitiren mir êv

andna^m : benn id^ behielt na(^ loie \m oHed audtoenbig, toad
mir nitr einigermaen gefaQen mo^te ; aQein i^re. 92ac^giebig
feit nâr nic^t Don (anger 2)auer. S)a9 erfte, n)a9 fte mir ganj
entfe^d^ lêmnter mad^te, towcta bie $oeten nad^ ber
9 b e Don 2B e t g e, toelê foeben mit groem SBeifaO 9fter9
toiieberôlt tomrben unb mi^ ganj bcfonberd ergebt Ratten. 9e
fa^ ic^ nun freilie bie @adê nêr, fo fonnte ic^ i^r nid^t Vbn^
tt^t geben. Suc^ einige SKal âtte i^ getoagt, i^r ettoad Don
meinen eigenen ebid^ten, jeboc^ anonym Dorjutragen, benen t9
bann nid^t beffer gieng/ ate ber brigen efeQfdâft. Unb fo
tnoxtn mir in. furjer Sît bie fd^dnen bunten SBiefen in ben
rnben M beutfdên âmaffed, n)o ic^ fo gern tufhoanbette,
nnbarmêr}ig niebergemtt^t unb id^ fogar gendtîgt, bad trodt
nenbe $eu felbfi mit nm3un)enben unb badfenige ate tobt }n
Derf))otten, load mir fatrj Drfer eine fo (ebenbige fênbe gemacht
âtte.
SDiefen i^ren Seên fam, o^ne ed jn nyiffen, ber $rofeffor
SOtorud 3n îlfe, ein ungemein fanfter unb frennblidêt
9Rann, ben id^ an bem SCifdê bed $ofrat^d 2 n b n i g lennen
lernte unb ber mid^ fe^r gefllig aufnahm, totnn i^ mir bie
Sreiît audbat, i^n ju befugen* dnbem i^ mid^ nun bei i^m
(Srfte9 emefter in Setpjig. 25

nm bad Stltertûm erhmbtgte, fo t)et6arg td^ tl^m md^t, n)ad
mid^ unter ben iRenem erge^te ; ba er benn mit nte^r 9tuê att
SDtabante iB5^nte, toa9 aber nod^ fcÎimnter nâr, ntit'nte^
rnblid^teit ber foldê S)inge fprac^ unb ntir anfangt }um
grdgten Serbmg, nad^êr aber bod^ }um (Srfiaunen unb gule^t
2ur (Srbaunng bie Singen ffnete.
îeju lanten nod^ bie derentiaben, mit benen und ellert in
feinem $ractilum Don ber ôefte abjuma^nen ))flegte. @r
tonfc^te nur tnrofaifdê Sbtffê unb beurtêilte auc^ biefe
immer guerfL S)ie Serfe beânbelte er nur aid eine traurige
3ugabe, unb load bad c^limmfle nâr, felbfl meine $rofa fanb
n)nig nabe r>ot feinen Sugen : benn id^ )'f(cgte, nac^ meiner
alten Beife, immer einen fleinen 9{oman jum runbe ju legen,
ben id^ in Briefen audjuf^ren liebte. !J)ie egenflftnbe loaren
leibenfcôftlid^, ber til gieng ber bie gen^^nlicê $rofa în
and, unb ber dnâU mod^te freiltd^ nid^t fe^r fr eine tiefe
Renfdênfenntnig bed Serfafferd jeugen ; unb fo ttmr ic^ bemt
t)on unferem Se^rer fe^r loenig begnftigt, ob er glei^ meine
arbeiten, fo gut aid bie ber 3lnbem, genau burd^fa^, mit rotier
inte corrigirte unb îe unb ba eine fittlidê Slnmertung
^n}ufgte. Re^rere SlStter biefer flu, loelê ic^ lange
3eit mit Vergngen betoa^rte, finb leiber enblic^ auc^ im Saufe
ber dal^re and meinen $a))ieren t)erfd^)ounben.
SBenn ltere êrforen red^t ))&bagogifd^ t)erfa^ren tooDten, fo
foQten fte einem j[ungen SRanne ettoad, mad i^m t^reube mad^t
ed fei t)on meldêr Slrt ed looDe, n)eber t)erbieten no^ oer^
leiben, loenn fie nid^t gu gleicher Sît i^m etnâd Slnbered
bafr einjufe^ Ratten ober untergufcîeben toten. deber
mann ))roteftirte gegen meine Siebfâbereien unb Steigungen^
mtb bad, mad man mir bagegen an)nned, lag têild fo toeit tion
S8 @oetê $rofa.
ntir l, bag t^ feine Sotjge ttt^t etteimen lonnte, ober el
{Itanb mir fo na^, bag ic^ ed eben ntc^t fr beffer lîelt ate bal
cfd^bltene. dd^ fam barber buniâu^ in SertDirmng unb
âtte nttr au9 einer Sorlefung (EmefKd fiber (Sicerod Orator bad
Sefle t)erf))ro(!ên ; id^ lernte to)o^( auc^ ttma9 in biefem SoKe
gium, j[ebo(^ fiber bad, looran mir eigentli^ gelegen n)ar, tourbe
i^ nid^t aufgeKSrt. dc^ forberte einen SKagflab bed Urtêtld
unb gtaubte getoa^r }n n)erben, bag il^n gar niemanb beft|je :
benn feiner loar mit bem anbem einig, felbfl totim fie SSeifpiele
t)orbra^ten ; unb too follten toir ein ttrtlêil lême^men, toenn
man einem SRanne mie SB i e I a n b f o mantled Xabelâfte in
feinen liebendn^firbigen, und dfingere DQig einne^menben
c^riften aufjujÎen tougte.
dn foldêr melfaên 3î1^>^^S' l^ Qvc^^dAnvii metned
Sefend unb meiner @tubien traf fiif9, bag tc^ bei $ofrat(
S n b m i g ben 3Rittagdtif c^ âtte. Sr mx SDlebifud, Sotani
tOf mb bie @efenf<l^ bcftonb, anger SRornd, in bntttr
angeênben ober ber SoQenbung n&êren Serjten. d(^ ^rte
nun in biefen (Stnnben gar lein anber efprftt^ aid Don iDtebt^
ein ober Staturîftorie, unb meine Sinbilbungdfraft murbe in
ein ganj anber gêlb înfibergejogen. Xvt Stamen pallet,
Sinn6, ûffon ^6rte ic^ mit groger Sere^rung nernien;
unb iDenn aud^ manchmal toegen drrtpmer, in bie fie gefaOen
fein follten, ein (Streit entflanb, fo lam bod^ }ule^t, êm aner^
(annten Uebemtag i^rer Serbienfle }n S^ren, ailed toieber
ind gleiche. S)ie @egenftnbe toaren unterâltenb unb be*
beutenb unb fpannten meine Sufmertfamfeit. Siele S3enen>
nungen unb eine hieitluftige Terminologie tonrben mir nad|
nnb nad^ bef aunt, bie ic^ um f o lieber anffagte, koeil t(^ mid^
fttrc^tete, einen Steint nieberjufiêiben, tnemi cr fU| mir m^
cfen^cint. 21
noil fo fretlDtOtg barBot, ober ein ebtd^t }u lefen, inbem mh
bange toax, ed ntd^te mir gegenirtig gefallen, unb id^ muffe
e^ benn bod^, iDte fo mancê^ anbere, t)ielletc^t n&c^flen^ fi ^\^
ftÎed^t erflren. M
iDiefe efc^macfd unb Urtlêitennge)oigêit beunruhigte
mid^ tgli^ me^r, fo bag tc^ jule^t in Serjn^ciflung geriet^.
Qi) âtte Don meinen dugenbarbeiten, loa^ ic^ fr ha9 befle
lîeU, mitgenommen, têit^ loeil ic^ mir benn bod^ einige 6^re bo
burd^ ju erfcâffcn ôffte, tl|eite um meine gortfc^ritte bcflo fic^*
erer ))rfen ju fnnen ; aber ic^ befanb mid^ in bem fcÎimmen
Se, in ben man gefegt ifl, h)enn eine DoUtommene @inne^
nbemng Verlangt )irb, eine Sntfagung ae^ beffen, toad man
bidlêr geliebt unb fr gut befunben ât 3ladj einiger ^txt
mib na^ mandêm Kampfe )oarf ic^ jjebod^ eine fo groge $er
ac^tung auf meine begonnenen unb geenbigten Slrbeiten, bag i(^
eine Sagd ôcfie unb ^rofa, $Iane, fijgen unb (Snttorfe
fitmmt(i(^ 2vg(et^ auf bem ftdênfêrb tieiirannte unb bttrd^
ben bad ganje $aud erfllenben Staud^qualm unfre gute atte
Strtîn in nic^t geringe gûrd^t unb %ngft t)erfe^te.
Retn 3:tf4geitoffe 9et|Ianb, ber fein {KDed ftetgiged Scben

babun^ erweiterte, bag er, and bem Slfog gebrtig, bei t^reun
ben unb Sermanbten in ber @egenb t)on 3^^^ }" Ât einfprad^
(eiflete mir auf meinen Heinen (S^curfionen manchen S)ienft, in
bem er mic^ in t)erf îebenen )rtf(âften mtb ântUien t^cill
()erfnlidi, têild burdi (Smpfe^lungen einfhrte. 2)iefer ôtii
mir 5fterd t)Ott einem SanbgeiftKcên geftrnxên, ber na^ M
88 oetê fvo\a.
3)ntfen^chn, \tifi @tunben t)on @tra^Bttr(). im Sefit^ etnei
guten Pfarre mit einer t)er{lnbigen f^rau unb ein $aar liebend
torbigen Xbi)Um lebe. S)ie aftêiêit unb Snmut^ bicfed
$aufed xoaxh immer babei ^dÎid^ gerhmt. @o Diel beburfte
ei3 faum, um einen {ungcn 9titter anjuretjen, bcr ftd^ fdjon an^
gem^nt âtte, e abjumgigenben Sage unb Stunben }tt
^ferbe unb in freier Suft jujubringen. SUfo entfdjIofTen njtr
und aud^ ju biefer ârtie, )obet mir mein f^reunb Derfpredên
mugte, bag er bei ber Sinf^rung n)eber @uted noc^ 93fed Don
mir fagen, berâu))t aber mic^ glcid^gltig belânbeln loolle,
fogar erlauben, h)0 nid^t fc^tcc^t, bod^ tttoa9 ftrmlid^ unb nad^*
lfftg gefleibet ju erfcêincn. (Sr nîdigte barein unb Derf))rad^
fid^ fe{bfl einigen (Bpa% baton.
(Sd tfl eine Derjei^licê rille bebeutenber SRenfdên, gelegent^
lid^ einmal fingere Sorjge ind Verborgene ju fleen, van bcn
eignen innem menfcÎidên (Stfâlt beflo reiner toxxUn ju laffen;
tegmegen ât bad dncognito ber O^rflen unb bie baraud ent
ffnnngenben Abenteuer immer ettoad ^^ft Sngcnet^med : ed
erfdêinen Dertletbete ottîten, bie aOed @ute, )t)ad man ibrer
êrfnttc^teit ertoeift, boppe(t fôij anrechnen brfen unb im
0aII finb, bad Unerfreuliche entn)eber leicht }u nehmen, ober i^m
audnêicên ju fnnen. S)ag dupiter bei $I|i(emon unb SBaucid,
êinrid^ ber SSierte nad^ einer 3agb))artie unter feinen dauern
fld^ in i^rem incognito Wohlgefallen, ifl gang beriRatur gemg,
unb man mag ed gern ; bag aber ein junger 9)7enfd^ o^ne Se*
beutung unb Stamen fic^ einfallen lgt, and bem dncognito
einiged SJergngen ju gieen, md^te mancher fih: einen uner^
}ei^{i(ên ôd^mut^ audlegen. !J)a aber îer bie 9{ebe nic^t ifl
lôn eftnnungen unb ^nbtungen, in h)iefem fle lobend^ ober
tabelndtorbig, fonbent toiefem fie flc^ offenbaren unb ereignen
@efenêtm. 29
ttrmtn, fo tooQeti lotr fr btedtnal, unferer Unterhaltung ju
gicbe, bem Sngling feinen 2)n!cl ergci^cn, um fo me^r, aW
iij ijkx anfhren mug, bag twn dugenb auf in mir eine ivi%
miij ju erflciben, fetbjl bur^ ben emjien SSater erregt ttjorbcn.
%xil bie^mal âtte ic^ mic^, têite burc^ eigne ttere, têit
burd^ einige geborgte leibung^flcfe unb burc^ bie Wct, bie
âare ju fmmen, too nit^t entpet, boc^ tenigflen fo ttjunber
lic^ jugeftu^t, bag mein i$reunb untenoeg^ ftc^ bed Sacûd nic^t
enoe^ren tonnte, befonberd menn u^ Haltung unb eberbe foU

dêr 5ifl"^cn, ttjenn fie ju ^ferbe fi(jcn, unb bie man (atcinifcê
Leiter nennt, Dolommen nac^jua^men tougte. S)ie fd)ne
Sâuffce, bad êrrc^fle Better unb bie 5Kê be 9lêind
gaben und ben beflen $umor. dn S)rufenêim hielten toit einen
3(ugenbltd an, er, um ftc^ nett ju machen, unb ic^, um mir
meine 9{oIIe jurdEjurufen, and ber icfj gelegentlid^ ju faden
frd^tetc. Die egenb îer ât ben Sârafter bed ganj freien
ebenen Slfaffed. S33ir ritten einen anmutîgen Sugpfab ber
SBiefen, gelangten balb nac^ efcnêim, liegen unfere ^ferbe im
2Birti)dâufe unb giengen gclaffen nad^ bem $fanf)ofe. Sag
bid)," fagte SBc^lanb, inbem er mir bad âud on weitem
geigte, nid^t inen, bag ed einem alten unb fc^tec^ten Sauern
iâufc bnrf) pe^t ; innjenbig ifl ed bejio jnger." SQSir tra*
ten in ben ôf ; bad ange gefiel mir tooÎ : bcnn ed âtte
gerabe bad, mad man malerifc^ nennt unb h)ad mid) in bei
niebcr(nbifd)en fiunfl fo gauberifd^ angefprod^cn âtte. 3cne
SBirfung war gettjaltig fld^tbar, tDtl)t bie S^xt ber aed SWcnfcêutoert audbt. $aud unb Scheune unb @tall befanben fid,
in bem î^ftnbe bed Serfad gerabe auf bem fnfte, mo moir
unfÎfpg, gttjifc^cn Srâlten unb 9?euaufric^tcn gtt)cife(l)af\
bad eine untrrlgt, ol^ne gu bem anbem gelangen gu tonnen.
80 oetêd ôf(L
tnied toax {HQ tmb menfdênleer, tote bn 2)orfe fo im $ofe.
993tr fanben ben Sater, einen tleinen, in ft^ gefeierten, aber boc^
freunbcên 3Rann, ganj aQein : benn bie ^<^ntt(ie nmr auf bem
Selbe. @r îe^ und toiHfotnnten, bot un^ eine Srfrifcûng an,
bie lir ablehnten. SKein greunb eilte, bie graucnîmmer auf*
jufucên, unb i^ blieb mit unferem Sirt^ aQein. @ie tonn
bem fic^ oieOeid^t,'' fagte er, bag @ie mic^ in einem reichen
S>orfe unb bei einer eintrglichen @teQe fo fcÎec^t quartiert fin
ben ; ba^ lommt aber,'' ful^r er fort, oon ber UnentfcÎoffenêit
d)on lange ifl mir'd oon ber emeinbe, ja oon ben oberen
Stellen jugefagt, bag bad $an9 neu aufgerichtet merben fo ;
mel^rere SRiffe {tnb fcôn gemacht, geprft, t)ernbert, leiner ganj
t)ertoorfen unb feiner audgef^rt loorben. & ât fo t)icle Oa^re
gebauert, bag ic^ mic^ t)or Ungebulb taum ju faffen loeig.''
Sil enoieberte i^m, toad ic^ fr fcîdtic^ îelt, um feine ôff
nung ju nhren unb i^n aufjumuntern, bag er bie @acê ftvfcr
betreiben md^te. @r fu^r barauf fort, mit Vertrauen bie $er
fnen ju fdîlbem, oon benen fotcê (Sachen ab^tengen, unb ob
gleich er fein fonbertidêr Sârafterjeic^ner toar, fo tonnte ic^
bod^ rec^t gut begreifen, loie ba ganje efcâft fioden mugte.
S>ie 3utraulic^leit bed SDtanned âtte toad Signed ; er fprac^
gu mir, aid menn er mic^ je^n Siaf^xt gelaunt ^tte, o^ne bog
irgenb ettoad in feinem S3lid getoefen h)&re, moraud id^ einige
9ufnterffamteit auf mi^ ^tte mut^magen lnnen. @nbtic^
trat mein greunb mit ber SKutter lêrein. !Diefc fdjien nc^ mit
ganj anbem Singen anjufeên. Sifyc eft^t toat rege(mgig
unb ber Sudbnuf beffelben oerflnbig, fte mugte in iîer 3u
genb fd^n getocfen fein. 3^re efialt mar lang unb âgcr,
bodfj nic^t me^r, atd foldên darren gejiemt; fte âtte oom
Kcfen êr noc^ ein ganj jugenbêd angeneêd Slnfeên
efcn^cim.
k^
2)te ftltefte Sod^ter fam barauf lebhaft êretngeflrmt ; fte fragte

nac^ t$ r i e b e r i t e n, fo n)te btc anbem bctben auc^ nac^ t^
gefragt fatten, S)er SJater t)erft(êrte, fte nic^t gefcên gu â
ben, feitbem alle brct fortgegangen !J)te Sô^ter fu^r n^tebet
gur 2:^re ^tnaud, urn bte Sc^mefler ju fucên ; bte Jiuttcr
brachte und einige (Srfrifûngen, unb ê^tanb fe^te mit ben
beiben @atten bad efpr&d^ fort, bad fi(^ auf lauter bemugte
êrfonen unb Ser^bniffe begog, tote ed ju gefcêên ))f(egt,
toenn Selannte nac^ einiger 3<ît jufamntentommen, Don ben
liebem eined grogen Sirleld (Srtunbigung eingieen unb ftd^
toec^feldtoeife beriAten, 3(6 1^5rte ju unb erfuhr nunntel^r, toie
Diel vSs^ mir Dou biefem Areife }u Derfprecên âtte
S)ie ltefle o(^ter lam lieber âftig in bie @tube, unruhig,
il^re c^mefter ni^t gefunben ju âben. SDtan toar beforgt um
fie unb fcâlt auf biefe ober jene bfe @etoo^nêit ; nur ber
Sater fagte gau} rul|ig : Sagt fte immer ge^cn, fie f ommt fcôn
toieber !** On biefem ugenblid trat pe Juirflid} in bie S:^r ;
tmb ba gieng frtoa^r an biefem ISnbtidên îmmel ein aerlieb^
fter @tem auf. 93eibe Sd^ter trugen fi^ nod^ beutfc^, toie man
ed ju nennen pflegte, unb biefe fafl Derbrngte 9?ationattrac^t
lleibete t^rieberiten befonberd gut (Sin turjed toeiged runbed
SJdcên mit einer tâlbel, nic^t lnger a(d bag bie nettflen
g^gcên bid an bie jhtdêl fi^tbar blieben; ein fnapped
toeiged 5Kieber unb eine fc^warge Saffetft^rge fo ftanb fte
auf ber @renge gtoifdên Buerin unb (Stbterin. @cl^(anf
unb (eid^t, a{d menu fte nid^td ^xl fid^ gu tragen ^tte, fd)ritt
fte, tmb beinahe fcîen fr bie gemaltigen btonben 3^ffc ^^^
nieblidên Adpfênd ber $ald gu gart. Sind êiteren blauen
Sugen blidte fte fe^r beutc^ umêr, unb bad artige Stumpf
n&dcên forfd^te fo frei in bte Suft, aid menn ed in ber SEBelt
leine @orge geben Unnte ; ber tro(^ îeng t^ am Wcm^

unb fo ^Qtte Of bad Vergngen, fte beim erften Slid auf ein
mat in i^rer ganjen Sbtnmt^ unb Siebt^feit }u fc^n unb ju et
feunen.
3(^ fteng nun an, meine 9{oOe mit SK&gignng gu \p\tlm,
lâlb befc^mt, fo gute SDtenfcên jum beflen ju âben, bte 3U
beobachten t9 mir ni^t an 3eit fe(}(te : benn bie 9R5b(ên fe^
ten icned cfprftd^ fort unb gmax mit Seibenfâft unb Saune
@&mmtli(ê Stac^bam unb Semanbte nmrben abermate t)or
gefhrt, unb ed erfcîen meiner (Sinbitbungdiraft ein foI(êr
(^n)arm Don JDnletn unb Spanten, Settern, )Bafen, jtommen
ben, @eênben, eDattem unb aflen, bag i) in ber belebteflen
SBcIt 3u Raufen glaubte. Wit ântiKengfteber batten einige
SBovte mit mir gefprodjen ; bie SKntter betrachtete mic^ j|ebed
SD?aI, fo oft fte lam ober gieng, aber f^ricberile (ieg ftc^ juerfl
mit mir in ein efprc^ ein, unb inbem X(b umêr(iegenbe9{oten
aufna()m uub burc^fa^, fragte fte, ob xij au^ fpiele. W9 i(^
ed bejahte, erfu^te fte mic^, ettuad Dorjutragen ; aber ber Stet

lk% miij nid^t baju lommen, benn er behauptete : e9 fei
fd)icf(icfj, bem afte guerfl mit irgenb einem iDtuftlftd ober
einem Siebe yx bicnen.
ie fpiclte Scrfdîcbcnc^ mit einiger ffertiglelt, in ber Art,
toit man e^ auf bem iantt ju ^ren pflegt, unb gnâr auf einem
Slaier, ba ber cftulmeifler fcôn Wngfl ^tte ftimmen
follcn, icnn er 3cit gel}abt btte. 9?itn foUte fie anij ein ?icb
fingen, ein gemtffe^ jrtUc^^traurige^ ; bad gelang i^r nun gar
ntrf)t ie flanb auf unb fagte lcêlnb, ober Dielmebr mit bem
auf ibrcm cftd^t immerfort ruênben 3"gc t)on Weiterer grcube :
^3EBcnn ic^ .fc^lecl)t finge, fo lann ic^ bie @cûlb nid)t auf
bad Slauter imb ben @dm(meiftet toerfen ; laffen ie mtd obei
cfcn^rim. 88
mtr ^maudfommen, bann foOen te meine @(faffer^ tmb
^rteijerlicbdên ^ren, bie Hingen fdôn bcffcr.''
Seim bcnbcffen befd^ftigtc ntid^ cine SSorfleDung, bie nti^
fcôn frher berfallen âtte^ bergeflatt, bag i^ nad^benftic^
nnb flnmm lonrbe, obgteid^ bie Sebâftigfcit bcr altem c^roefler
nnb bie Snmut^ ber Jngent mtc^ oft genug and meinen 9e
trad^tungen fc^ttclten. 3Reine Semunberung toax ber aQen
Sludbrud, mid^ fo gan} leibhaftig in ber 2&aTefic(bfd)en âmilie
}u finben. SDer Sater fonnte freilie ni^t mit jenem treff(iên
SOtanne t)erglicên nêrben; aOein, nô gbe ed auc^ feinet
@leicên ! S)agegen ftellte ftc^ aQe SBrbe, nietdê j|enem @ê
gatten eigen ift, I|icr in ber Oattin bar. Ran fonnte pe ni^t
anfeilen, oê fte }ng(eic^ ju e^ren unb ju fcêuen. Ran be*
merfte bei i^r bie ?Jotgcn einer guten Srjieûng ; i^ Sctragen
toax ruîg, frei, Reiter unb cinlabenb.
âtte bie ltere Sod^tcr nid^t bie gerl^mte d^nêit JOIit)U
m9, fo tt)ar fte bo^ ttjo^t gebaut, leblâft unb e^cr ^cftig ; fie
jcigte fl(^ berall t^tig unb gieng ber SKutter in aflem a
ânben. ffrieberifen an bie telle Don ^rimrofen opîe ju
fegen, ttjar nid^t fc^mer : benn Don jener ip toenig gefogt, man
gibt nur gu, bag pe Iicbcntt)rbig fei ; bieê tuar e ttJirfii^.
3Bie nun baffclbc efd^ft, berfetbe 3"f*<^^*^ bera, wo er or*
fommen mag, l^nlic^c, ioo ni^t gleidê SBirfungen lêrtjorbringt,
fo lam au^ îer mandlied jur pradlje, ed gefdâl) gar mandêg,
toa in ber 2Ba!cpelbf^cn gamilie pc^ aud) fdôn ereignet âtte
Ate nun aber gar gulegt ein lngP angefnbigter unb on bem
ater mit Ungebulb ernjarteter jngerer o^n in 3^^^^^^
fprang unb pc^ breip ju un fegte, inbem er on ben Pcn
toenig Stotij na^m, fo enthielt i^ mic^ laum au^jurujen:
SRofed, bip bu auc^ ba !
84 (Soetêd ^rofo.
jCte Unterhaltung 6et X\\6]t emeiterte bie 3(nfid)t {ened
?aiib^ unb (JfttttiUcnfrcife, inbcm on nmnc^ciici luftigen Se
gebenêitcn, bie balb * t>a, balb bort vorgefallen, bie 9iebe mat.
^rttbere, bie neben mir fag, na^nt baêr @elegenl)ett, mir Der
fd)icbene Drtfd)aften ju befc^retben, bie ed loo^t gu befucên bet

^2ê n)crt^ feu S)a immer ein efcîc^tcên bad anbere êruor
ruft, fo fonnte tc^ nun au^ mid) befto beffer in bad efprd^
mifcên unb ^nKdê Gegebenheiten erj^len, unb nêil lîebei
ein guter Sanbmein feinedmegd gefcônt tourbe, fo flanb tc^ in
efa^r, and meiner StoQe ju faden, nêgâtb ber Dorftc^tigere
t^tunb ben fc^nen SRonbfcêin jum Sortoanb na^m unbauf
einen Spaziergang antrug, iDeldêr benn auc^ fogteicl^ beliebt
lourbe. Sr bot ber Sleltcften ben Slrm, ic^ ber 3ngften, unb
fo }ogen mir burc^ bie meiten ^luren, mel^r ben îmmel ber
und jum egenfianbe âbenb, atd bie (Srbe, bie ftd^ neben und
in ber 93reite Derlor. g^rieberitcnd 9teben jcbod^ fatten nic^td
SRonbfdêinâfted ; burc^ bie ^(arêit, toomit fie fpra^, mad^te
fie bie ilâd^t gum Sâge, unb ed mar ni^td barin, mad. eine (Sm<
pfinbung angebeutet ober ermedCt ^tte ; nur bejogen ftc^ i^re
Steugerungen me^r aid bidder auf mic^, inbem fte fomoÎ i^ren
3uflanb al9 bie @egenb uub i^re SSelannten mir Don ber Seite
Dorftellte, miefem ic^ fH mrbe fennen lernen : benn fie ôffe^
feilte fie înju, bag i^ feine ludnabme maên unb fte mieber
befugen mrbe, mie eber êmbe gem getrau, ber einmal bet
i^nen eingefe^rt feu
(Sd mar mir fe^r angenehm, fttQf^meigenb ber @cîlberung
jujul^ren, bie fte Don ber tieinen SBelt mad^te, in ber fte fu^
bemcgte, unb Don bcnen 5!Kenfên, bie fie befonberd fd^ftte. ie
brachte mir babur^ einen Karen unb jugleic^ fo liebend
mrbigen Segriff Don i^rem 3uftanbe bei, ber fe^r munberlicb
efenl^rim. S6
tf mid^ toxxttt : benn td^ empfanb auf einmal einen tiefen
Serbrug, ntc^t frher mit i^r gelebt ju âben, unb jugteid^ ein
rec^t petntidêd, neibifcê^ ef^( gegen ade, meiere bad [d ge
âbt Ratten fte bidder ju umgeben. 3(^ pagte fogteic^, ate menn id^
ein itijt bagu gehabt ^tte, genau auf alle i^ve c^tlberungen Don
SDtnnem, fte mochten unter ben 92amen Don 9iac^barn, Settern
ober et)attem auftreten, unb lenfte batb ba balb bortîn meine
Sermutûng ; adein nîe ^tte id^ tttoa^ entbedEen foden, in bet
t)5IIigeu Unbetanntfcâft aQer Ser^ttniffe ! @ie mrbe }ule^t
immer rebfeliger unb ic^ immer flider. & ^5rte ft^ i^r gar fo
gut JU, unb ba id^ nur i^re Stimme Dema^m, i^re efid^t^
btlbung aber fo n)ie bie brige Selt in 3)mmerung fd^niebte,
fo tDar t9 mir, ate ob id^ in i^r êrj fdê, bad id) ^d^ft rein
finben mugte, ba ed fic^ in fo unbefangener efc^n)|}igteit t>or
mir erffnete. /^^
Site mein ef^rtc mit mir in bad fr und jubcreitete afl*
{immer getaugte, brac^ er fogleid) mit (SelbftgefUigfeit in be
âglicên @cêr} and unb tlât fic^ Diet barauf ju ute, mic^
mit ber Se^ntic^feit ber $rimrofifdên tâmitie fo fe^r benafc^t
gu âben. d^c^ ftimmte mit ein, inbem id^ mic^ bantbar ermied
iri^ma^r l'' rief er and, bad SDtrdên ift ganj beifammen
S)iefe tâmitie oergteic^t fic^ iener fe^rgut, unb ber Derlappte $err
ba mag fid^ bie (S^re antûn, fr $erm Surdêd getten gu mol^
ten ; femer, toeil ir im gemeinen geben bie SBfemid)ter nid^t fo
n5t6ig âben atd in 9tomanen, fo mid id^ fr biegmat bie 9?ode
bed Sieffcn bernehmen unb mic^ beffer auffhren atd er.'' 3;ct) Der*
lie jeboc^ fogteid) biefed efprc^, fo angenehm ed mir auc^ fein
mod)te, unb fragte i^n Dor aden 3)ingen auf fein emiffen, ob
er mi(^ mirftid^ nid)t oerratên âbe. Sr betêuerte 9êin I
unb t^ burfte i^m gtauben. @ie l^dtten ftc^ oielme^r, fagte er,
nad^ bem (nfUgen SCtfd^gefellen eriunbtgt, ber m Strasburg

mit i^m in einer ênfion fpeifc unb Don bem man il^ncn allerlei
crfe^rtc^ 3c" crg^lt âbc. Od) fd^ritt nun ju anbem ^xa*
gen : ob fie geliebt âbc ? ob fic liebe ? ob pe crfprocên fei?
Sr Demeinte ba3 alle. ^Jrmafjr I" crfe(}te lij, eine folc^c
$)eiterfeit on 9?atur au ifl mir unbegreiflich, ^tte fie geliebt
unb Derloren unb flc^ lieber gefat, ober iore fie Srout, in
beiben gen oBte i^ e gelten laffen.''
o fc^ma^ten toir gufommen tief in bie 3taiji, unb ic^ toar
fdôn lieber munter, aU t9 tagte* S)a^ Serlangen, fte mieber
}u feên, fcîen unbem)inblid^ ; allein inbem ic^ mic^ anjog,
erfd^rat ic^ ber bie Dern^nfc^te @arberobe, bie i^ mir fo fre
Deutlich au^gefu^t âtte. -Se toeiter ic^ fam, meine ^teibung^^
fid(e anzulegen, beflo niebertrc^tiger erfcîen ic^ mir : htnn
atle h)or ja auf biefen Sffeft berechnet 2Rit meinen paaren
tore id^ allenfalls noc^ fertig geworben ; aber tok ic^ mic^ ju
lel^t in \>tn geborgten, abgetragenen grauen 9todt einjningte
unb bie turjen Slermel mir baS abgefdjmadftefie Slnfeên gaben,
fiel ic^ beflo entfd}iebener in Serjnieiflung, ate ic^ mic^ in einem
fleinen Spiegel nur têilmeife betradjten tonnte ; ba benn immer
ein 2;iêil lcherlicher auSfa^ ate ber anbere.
lieber biefer Sôilette mar mein ^reunb aufgeniac^t unb blidfte,
mit ber ^^friebenêit eineS guten eiuiffenS unb im @efÎ
einer freubigen Hoffnung fr ben Sâg, auS ber geflopften feib
enen SDedte. 0^ âtte fcôn feine ^bfdên Kleiber, nîe fie ber
ben @tuÎ Giengen, lngfi beneibet, unb tDre er Don meinet
aiile getDefen, ic^ ^tte fie i^m Dor ben ûgen Weggetragen,
mic^ brausen umgejogen unb i^m meine Dermnfd^te $lle, in
ben arten eilenb, jurdCgelaffen ; er l)tte guten $umor genug
gehabt, fi^ in meine Kleiber gu fiedten, unb bad SDlrdêu ioStc
@efenêbn. 57
5et frhem SRorgm ju einem luftigen (Snbe gelangt. S)aran
tear aber nun gor nid^t ju bcnfcn, fo ttjenig af tie au irgenb
eine fc^ldttiê SJermittcIung. Sn ber 5^9^^^ iii ber mic^ mein
^reunb fr einen ^ttjar fleiigen uub gefcîcftcn, aber armen
tubiofen ber SCêoIogie ausgeben fonnte^roieber or ^neberifen
lînjutreten, bie geflem Slbenb an mein Dcrfleibeteg elbft fo
êunbtid^ gef))ro(ên âtte, ha9 xoax mir ganj unmglich, êr^
gerlic^ unb fmnenb flanb xij ba unb bot aU mein (Srfinbungd
vermgen auf ; allein e Derlie mid^. Site nun aber gar bet
beâgc^ Slu^gefhecfte, nad^bem er mi^ eine SBeite ftjrirt âtte,
auf einmal in ein lautet Sadden au^brac^ unb aufrief : Slltin !
e iji ttja^r, bu fief)fl ganj t)ertt)nfd^t ou l'' erfefete ic^ êftig :
Unb i^tjeife, wa id) tûe ; Ic6 ujo^t unb entfûtbige mic^ I"
Sifl bu toll I'' rief er, inbem er au^ bem Sette fprang unb
mid^ aufhalten )Dottte. dd^ roax aber fcôn jur Si^re înau9,
bie Xxtppt hinunter, aud $aud unb $of, nad^ ber @ênte ; im
9ht tvar mein $ferb gefattett, unb ic^ eilte in rafenbem Unmut^
ga{o))))irenb na^ Drufenêim, ben JDrt Ijinburc^ unb immer
toeiter.
SDa t^ mi^ nun in iêrêit glaubte, ritt i^ langfamer
unb fl^lte nun erfl, ie unenblit^ ungern i^ mic^ entfernte*
S) ergab mic^ aber in mein @dîd(fat t)ergegenn)rtigte mir ben
@))a}iergang Don geflem Slbenb mit ber grten 9tuê unb
nl^rte bie fliQe Hoffnung, fie balb nîeber gu feên S)o(^ t)tx*
toanbelte fi^ biefeS flide ef^l balb nîeber in Ungebulb, unb
nun befd^lo idj, fd^nett in bie tabt ju reiten, mic^ umjujieên,
ein gute frifê ^ferb gu nehmen ; ba i^ benn ttjo^t acnfatt,
tt)ie mir bie 2cibenfdâft orfpiegelte, noc^ or Sifdê ober, ttjie
t9 ttjakfêincêr toax, jum 5Rad^tifdê ober gegen Slbenb gewif
lieber eintreffen unb meine Vergebung erbitten lonnte*
88 oetf)ed ^rofcu
(S(en nôllti tc!^ memem ^ferbe bte Sporen get en, urn btefen
orfa au^juf^rcn, al mir ein anbcrcr unb, toic mic^ biw^te,
fc^r g(cflid)e\: cbanfe burc^ hm cift fu^r. d)on geftcm
âttc td) im ftôfc gu rufcn^cim einen fe^r faubcr gefici
beten 9Birt^fo()',bcmcrft, ber ani) êute fr^,mit lnblidên %xu
orbnungen befc^j^tr ntic^ and feinem ôfc begrte. @r toar
on meiner eftatt uTtb âtte mid^ pt^tig an mic^ felbfl erinnert.
cbad)t, gctân ! SWein ^crb War faum umgeluenbct, fo bc*
fanb ic^ mic^ in 2)rufenêim ; xij brachte ed in ben (Statt unb
machte bem SSurfdjcn fnrj unb gut ben Vortrag : er folic mir
feine leiber borgen, ttjcit xi) in cfenêim etttja ?uftigeg Dor*
i:iabt. S)a brauste tc^ nic^t au^jureben ; er na^m ben Sor
fÎag mit i^reuben an unb lobte mi^, ha% ic^ ben SRamfeQd
einen @pag machen tooQe ; fie mren fo brao unb gut, befonberd
SKamfett 9iic!cên, unb aud) bie Sltcru' fllen gerne, ba e
immer luftig unb vergngt jugienge. (Sr betrachtete nc^ auf*
merffam, unb ba er mic^ nac^ meinem 9(uf}ug fr einen armen
d)Iucfer Ratten modjte, fo fagte er : SBenn ie fid^ infinuircn
ttjoflen, fo ifl bag ber rechte SBeg.'' SQSir loaren inbeffen fdôn
weit in unferer Umfleibung gefommen, unb eigentlidj f ote er mit
feine iJefltageiber gegen bie meinigen nic^t anvertrauen; bo(^
er jar treuêrjig unb âttc ja mein ^fcrb im tafle. 3d^
flanb balb unb red^t fd^mudt ba, warf mic^ in bie Srufl, unb
mein g^reunb fcîen fein Sbenbilb mit a3cl)aglid)!eit gu betrachten,
wlopp, $err Srubcr !" fagte er, inbcm er mir bie ânb în*
reid)te, in bie id^ wader einfcÎug, fommc Sr meinem Whtl
nid)t gn na^, fie mchte fic^ vergreifen."
SReine âare, bie nunmehr wieber i^ren Dofligen 9Bud)$ ât
ten, tonnte id^ ungef^r wie bie feinigen fcêiteln, unb ba ic^ i^n
wieberôlt betrachtete, fo fanb iif9 luftig, feine biesteren Sbtgeni
@efenêtnt. 89
brauen mit eutetn geBrannten AorfflS^fel mfigtg nad^juaîen
unb fte in ber Kitte nêc gufantntengujteên, um mic^ bei met
nem rt^felâften Sonte^mcn auc^ ugerlid^ jum 9{t^fel gu
bilbcn. nâht 3^t nun,'' fagtc id), ate er mir bcn bcbnber*
ten ut reichte, nid^t irgcnb cha^ in ber Pfarre au^juric^tcn^

ba^ ic^ mid) auf eine notrUc^c SQScifc bort anmclbcn fnntc ?* /l wut!'' crfcfttc er, âber ha muffen ic nod^ gwci tunben'^^
arten. Sei und ift eine SB5^nerin ; id) \mU mic^ erbieten,
hen uên ber grau ^fanin ju bringen, ben mgen ie bann
hinbertragen, ôffa^rt mu 5Kot^ leiben unb ber pag benn
auc^.** 3:c^ entfcÎog mic^, gu warten; aber biefe gmci tun*
ben n)urben mir unenblid) lang, unb x6) Dergicng Dor Ungebulb,
aU bie britte erflofe, eê ber Andren au bem Ofen fam. 3^
empfleng i^n enblid^ ganj niarm unb eilte bei bem fd^nflen on*
nenfcêin mit bem (Srebitit) bat)on, noc^ eine trcdc t)on mei*
nem (Sbenbilb begleitet, nêlcêd gegen Slbenb nac^juf ommen unb
mir meine Kleiber ju bringen Derfpra^, bie id) aber lebhaft ab*
lehnte unb mir Dorbelîett, i^m bie feinigen ujicber gujujIeUcn.
0(^ tar nic^t weit mit meiner aht gef^ningcn, bie i^ in
einer fauberen gufammcngcfnpften eriette trug, aU id^ in ber
gerne meinen grcunb mit ben beiben graucnjimmem mir ent*
gegen fommen fa^. SKein $crj war beHommcn, wie \iif9
eigenttid^ unter biefcr 3a(fe nic^t giemte. Si) blieb flehen, ôlte
9têm unb fud^te gu berlegen, wa i^ beginnen foOe ; unb
nun bemcrfte ic^ erjl, ba ba Senain mir fe^r gutatten !am:
benn flc giengen auf ber anbcm cite beil Sa(^c3, ber, f o wie bie
SBicfenflrcifen, bur^ bie er Einlief, gwei gupfabe gicm(i(^ au
einanber lîelt. Site fie gegen mir ber waren, rief griebcrifer
bie mid) fcôn lange gewahrt lâtte: George, wad bringt bu?*
3(^ war fing genug, bad eftd^t mit bem $ute, ben ic^ al^
40 oetê ^rofo.
nal^ jn UhtSm, faibem td^ bte Belabene eitriette lôd^ in bU
^0^ l^tclt. Sin inbtauffuc^cn !" rief flc bogegcn ; xoxt
gc^f bcr d^tDcper?" uet/ fagtc tc^, tnbcm id^, too nid^t
elfaffifd^, bo^ frcmb ju rcbcn fud)te. Srag i^n nad^ aufc!**
fogtc bic ettcjlc, mtb jcnn bu bic SRuttcr nic^t pnbep, gib
tf)n bcr SRagb ; aber mart auf nnS, toxx fomtnen balb totcber,
^rfl bu!'' 3d^ eiftc memcn $fab în, im gro^gefÎ bcr
beflen $offnuug, ha% atled gut ablaufen ntffe, ha bcr %ifang
gldlic^ wax, unb âtte balb bte $farm)o^nung erreid^t. dc^
fanb nientanb toeber tut $au$ nod^ in ber fiiiê ; ben $erm,
ben ic^ befdf)ftigt in ber @tubier{fatbe Dermutên f onnte, lootlte
id^ nid^t aufregen, id^ fet^te tnid^ begâlb auf bie 93anl t>or bet
Stl^r, ben ûd^cn neben ntic^, itnb brdte ben $ut iud efic^t
Sij erinnere ntic^ nic^t leidet einer angenel^ntem Sntpfinbung.
$ter an biefer dûjctle toieber gu fltên, ber bie id^ Dor fur
jent in Sergnjciflung lînaudgeflolpert toar ; fie fdôn loieber ge
fc^n/i^re liebe timme fcôn toicbcr gehrt ju âbcn, furj
nad^bent ntein Unmut^ mir eine lange Sirennung Dorgcfpie^
gelt lâtte ; j[eben Sugenblid fie felbfl unb eine (Sntbedfung gu
ertoarten, toor ber mir ba^ crj ftopfte, unb bod^, in bicfem
jioeibeutigen tâlle, eine (Sntbedtung o^ne 9ef(^mung ; bann,
gleid^ jum Sintritt einen fo lujligcn treid^, ate feiner ber^
ienigcn, bie geflem belacht toorbcn toarcn I gicbe unb 9?ot^ finb
bo(^ bie beflen aWeijler; îcr toirftcn fie gufammcn, unb ber
Sel^rling tear il^rer nid^t unttjcrt^ geblieben*
35ie SKagb fam aber au bcr dêunc getreten 9?un'
finb bie uc^cn geratên ?" rief fic mic^ an ; ,,tt)ie gcl^t'5 be;
dîcfler ?" %Uc9 guet !'' fagte id^ unb beutete auf ben
uên, ol^nc aufjufc^cn, ie fate bie crDictte unb murrte;
SRvax ta9 â{l bu lêute toieber? $at Srbdên koieberettt^
@ef<nê{m. 41
mal einen Snbem angefe^n ? Sag t9 xm9 nt(^t entgelten !
S)a9 tt)irb eine fauBcrc Sê werben, wcnn' fo fort gc^t."
Da fte gientlid^ laut fprac^, tarn ber Pfarrer and ^ênfler unb
fragte, niad ed gebe? te bebeutete t^n; i^ {tanb auf unb
lehrte mxii naci^ i^m gu, bod) ^tett iij ben $ut lieber berd
efic^t Site er tixoa t^reunbcêd gefprodên unb ntic^ ju
bleiben gelêigen âtte, gieng i^ nad^ beut @arten unb rooQte
eben îneintreten, at bie $farrin, bie jum $oftôre herein
lant, nti(4 anrief. Da mir bie @onne gerabe ind eftd^t
fdîen, fo bebiente tc^ nti^ abemtate bed 93ort^ciId, ben mir bet
$ut geio^rte, grgte fle mit einem @cârrfug; fte aber gieng
in bad $aud, nac^bem fle mir jugefproc^cn âtte, i^ m^te
nt(^t n)eggel^cn, ol^ne ettoad genoffen ju lâben 3^ gieng nun*
me^r in bem arten auf unb ab: aQed âtte bidder ben beften
(Srfolg gehabt, bod^ ô(te iii tief Sltêm, n)enn iij badete, bag
bie iungen Seute nun balb êranfommen tottrben. lber wxott^
mutzet trat bie SRuttcr ju mir unb lootlte eben eine garage an
mi(^ tûn, atd fte mir ind eftc^t fa^, ha^ id) nic^t me^r Der^*
bergen fonnte, unb ir bad SBort im SWunbe ftote. Od^
fudê eorgen/ fagte fte na^ einer $aufe, unb mn fmbe id^!
@inb ie ed, junger êrr? S23ie iel ejiatten ôben ie
benn?" 9m Srufl nur eine, ** Derfeftte i^; gum cêrj fo*
iel ic tooflen.'' !S)en toitt id^ nic^t erberben/ tfelte fte:
geên ie hinten gum arten înaud unb auf ber SBiefe în,
bid ed SRittag f dalgt; bann fe^ren ie gurdf, unb i^ mid ben
pag fcôn eingeleitet âben.'' Sij tâfd; aQein ba ic^ and
ben êdfen ber 2)orfgrten êraud toax unb bie SBiefen lîngeên
fotite, lamen gerabe einige Sanbleute ben ^ûgpfab êr, bie mid)
in Verlegenheit festen. 34 lenfte begâlb nad^ einem SBlb
cên, bad gang naê eine Srber^S^nng behnte, um mid^ barin
42 oct^c^ ^roja.
bx9 }ur befltmmten Qtxt ju t>et6ergftu SDo(^ n^te tounbernc^
n)arb mir gu 5!Mut^c, ate i^ încintrat: bcnn t9 gcigte fi^ mit
ein rcinli^cv ^lafe mit Snf en, t)on bercn {eber man cine ^bfc^c
^lu^fic^t in bie cgenb gctoann. îer toax ha orf unb bcr
Sir^tûrm, îer rufenêim unb baînter bie ttjalbigen 9lêin*
infetn, gegenber bie Dogeflfên cbirgc unb gulefet ber trag
burger SKnfter. iefc toerfdîebcnen lîmmelêtten em(bc
taxm hnxi) bufîgc SRa^men eingefat, fo bag man ni^t 6r
freuliêre^ unb Slngene^merc feên fonnte. S6) fetjte mi^
auf eine bcr Saufe unb bcmerfte an bcm flarfjlen 93aum ein
Keine lngcê Srett mit bcr 3nfc^rift: ^rieberifen JRu^c.
6 fiet mir nid)t ein, ha^ i) gefommeu fein f nntc, biefe SRuê ju
ftreu: benn cine auffcimenbe Seibenfâft ât ha9 d^nc, bag,

tt)ie fie fic^ i^reg Urfprung unbetougt ifl, fie anc^ feinen e
banfen eine @nbe âben unb, toit fte fid^ fro^ unb Inciter fJÎt,
ni^t a^nen faun, bag fie n)ol^( aud^ Unlêil fliften brfte*
aum âtte ic^ 3^^^ gehabt, mi^ umjufeên, unb Derlor miij
eben in fge ^Trumereien, ate i(^ jemanb fommen ^rte; e mat
gricberifc fetbfl. eorgc, tea mad[)jt bu îer?"' rief fie toon
toeitcm. îijt eorgc !" rief ic^, inbem i(^ i^r entgegentief,
aber einer, ber taufenb 5!MaI um SJerjciûng bittet" (Sie be
trachtete mic^ mit Srflaunen, na^m fiij aber gteic^ gufammen
unb fagte nac^ einem tieferen Sttêmôten: arftiger SKenfd^,
toie erfdjredfen ie midft!" S)ic erflc 5!Ma3fe lât mid^ in bie
gttjcite getrieben," rief i^ au; Jene wre unt)erjei^fi^ gettjcfen,
tcnn i^ nur einigcrmagen getougt ^tte, gu toemid^ gicng; biefe
vergeben ie genjig, benn e ijt bie eftaft t)on aRenf^cn,
bencn ie fo freunbli^ begegnen." 3^re blglicên SBangen
Ratten fi^ mit bem fd^nflen 9tofenrotê gefrbt. glimmet
feilen ie' menigften nic^t âben ate eorge ! Slber laffen
efenlêim* 43
6te rni^ Pfecn! Sij gcfle^c c^, bcr (Sijxti ijl mir in bie Uc*
bcr gefahren." 3^ fctjte ntid^ gu il|r, ucrjl bemcgt. ,,SBir
ttjiffcn attcg bio ^cutc fv^ burd) S^rcn ^rcunb," fagtc fie;
,,nun crjfjtcn ic mir ha SBcitcrc." 3^ lie mir ba nic^t
gtci SDiat fagcn, fonbcrn befd)ricb i^r meinen bf^cu t)or bcr
gcflrigen îc^nx, xrum gortftrmen an3 bem $aufc fo fomifd^,
ha^ fie êrglit^ unb anmtitîg ia)tt; bann lieg it^ ba^ Uebrige
folgen, mit aller S3cfd)eibenêit gtt?ar, bod) teibenfcâftli^ genug,
bag e3 gar njol^l fr eine Siebcgcrilmng in lîflorifcêr JJorm
^tte gelten fnnen. !5)a3 SJcrgntigen, fie mieber ju finben,
feierte i^ gnletjt mit einem uffe auf i^re $anb, bie fie in ben
meintgen lieg, âtte pe bei bem geflrigen SRonbfêingang bie
Unfoften be^ efprc^3 bernommen, fo erflattete ic^ bie cûlb . ^
nun reid^li^ Don meiner (Seite. !5)a3 Vergngen, fle toiebergu* ' J*
feigen unb i^r alle^ fagen gu fnnen, loa ic^ geftern jurdîelt, *
ttjar fo grog, bog i^ in meiner SRebfeligfeit ni^t bemerlte, ttjic
fie felbfl na^bcnfcnb unb fc^toeigenb ttjar. (Sie ôlte einige
al tief Sltlêm, unb ic^ bat fte aber unb abermal um 93er
gei^nng tocgen be (Sd^rerf, ben i^ i^r Derurfa^t âtte. SBic
lange toir mgen gefeffen âben, tocig xd) ni^t; aber auf einmal
^rten ttjir: 9tie!cên! SRiefdien!" rufen. 6 loar bie (Stimme
ber (S^ttjefler. 3)a ttjirb eine fd)ne efcîc^te geben,"
fagtc ba liebe SRb^cn, gu il^rcr t)lligen citerlcit wieber êr*
geflet. (Sie fommt an meiner (Seite êr," fgte fte lîngu,
inbem pe pd) Dorbog, mic^ âlb gu Derbergen: itjcnbcn ie p^
toeg, bamit man ie ni^t gleid^ erfennt." ie ^toeper trat
in ben $Ia|5, aber ni^t allein, SBc^lanb gieng mit i^r, unb
beibe, ha pe un erblidten, blieben wie DerPeincrt
SBenn wir auf einmal au einem ruhigen âift eine f^lammc
gewaltfam aubrecên fên ober einem Ungeheuer begegneten/
44 oetêd ^rofa.
beffen SDttggeftalt jugletd^ empdrenb unb ffir^terl^ n)ftre, fe

iDrben totr Don feinem fo grimmigen Sntfeên befallen n)erbeni
af bagjenige ijl, ba^ un ergreift, toenn toir ettoa unertoartei
mit ugen feljen, ha9 ttjir moralifd^ nmgli^ gtoubten.
2Ba8 êigt ba3?" rief 3ene mit ber $efttgf eit eine Srf c^roi e*
nen, Xa ifl ba ? S)u mit eorgen ! ônb in anb ! SBie
begreif id^ ha9?" Siebe c^ttjefler/' Derfeftte JJrieberife
ganj bebenfli^, ,,ber arme SRenfc^, er bittet mir ta9 ab, er ât
bir aud^ nâd abzubitten, bu mugt il^m aber jum 93oraud ttt*
geilen." S) Derfteê ni^t^ t^ begreife nic^t/' fagte bie
@(i^h)efter, tnbem fte ben j}o))f fc^ttelte unb SBek|Ianben anfa^,
ber, na(^ feiner ftien Art, ganz rulîg baflanb unb bie cene
o^ne irgenb eine Sleugemng betrachtete. 5^^^^^^^ f^"^ wf
unb jog mi^ nad^ fd^. 3l\i)t gezaubert l" rief fle; ,,ârbon
gebeten unb gegeben!" 9tun ja!" fogte id^, inbem i^ ber
eltejten giemlic^ naê trot, ârbon âbe ic^ Donntên !'*
@ie fu^r jurdf, tât einen lauten @c^rei unb tourbe rot^ ber
unb ber; bann koarf fle fic^ auf xa9, laijtt berlaut unb
njoOte fi^ gar nid^t jufrieben geben. Se^tanb ldêlte beâg
R(^ unb rief: 3)u bifl ein ejceffenter Sunge !" a)ann fdjtittclte
er meine $anb in ber feinigen. en)l^nnd^ toax er mit Sieb
lofungen nid^t freigebig, aber fein ^nbebmdf âtte etioa
êrjficê unb Selebenbe; bod^ n)ar er aud^ mit biefem fpat
fam.
3laij einiger (Srôlung unb (Sammlung traten n)ir unfern
Stdftoeg nad^ bem !2)orfe an. Unterleg erfuf)r id^, tvie biefe
tt)unberbare 3"f^^"^^"*^^ff^^ Veranlat toorben. gricbcrife
âtte \iij Don bem (Spaziergange gulet^t abgefonbert, um auf
i^rem $It^cên no^ einen lugenblidt Dor Zx\i\t ju ruên, unb
al iene beiben naA $aufe fiefommcn, âtte bie abutter fle ab*
@tfeuêtm. 45
itîjiit, S^riebertfen eing ju ôlen, tveit bad iDttttageffen
bereit fct.
3)ic ^ttjcjler jetgte htn audgelaffenjlen $umor, unb ate fie
erfuhr, bag bie JKuttcr ha9 eêimnig fôn entbedft tjaht, rief
fte aud : ,r9{un tfl nod) brig, bag Satcr, Sruber, Smi)t unb
aRagb gteid^fattd angefhrt tDcrbcn." Site wir und an bcm
artenjaun befanben, ntugte g^rieberile mit bem ^reunb ))oraud
nac^ bem $aufe geên. !2)ie SDtagb loar im $audgarten be
fc^ftigt/ unb DtiDie (fo mag audi ^ter bie ltere Sd^mefler
feigen) rief i^r ju : rrSBarte, xij lâht bir mad gu fagen!'' Wlii)
lieg fte an ber $e(fe flehen unb gieng ju bem SDtabdên. 3^
fa^, bag fie fe^r emjiâft fprad^cn. OIit)ie bilbete i^r ein,
eorge fjabt ft^ mit 93rben benoorfen unb ftîen Sufi ju
âben, fte }u êiratlên. 2)ad gefiel ber 3)ime nid^t bel; nun
ujarb ic^ gerufen unb follte bad efagte belraftigen. "Sâ^ pb*
fiê berbe jtinb fenlte bie Slugen nieber unb b(ieb fo, bid ic^
ganj naê t>or il^r fianb. 9(te fie aber auf einmal bad frembe
efi^t erbtidte, t|at au^ fte einen lauten Schrei unb lief baoon*
Dlvoit îeg mid^ i^r nachlaufen unb fie feftÎten, bag fie nid^t
ind $aud geriet^ unb Srm mad)te; fte aber motle felbfl în
geên unb feên, roie ed mit bem SJater fleê. Untermegd traf
Dibit auf ben ^ned^t, tuetdêr ber SRagb gut mar; id^ âtte
inbeffen ha^ SKabên ereilt unb îelt fte fcft. S)enf einmal !
totiij ein tdt !" rief Outvie. 2Rit Sorben ift'd and, imb
corge êiratêt Siefen." tf'S>a9 fjait id^ lange gebadet/ fagtc
ber gute ert unb blieb crbriegti^ flehen.
Si) âtte bem 9){bcên begreiflid^ gemacht, bag ed nur
barauf anlomme, ben $apa an3ufr)ren. S38ir giengen auf bcn
Surfc^cn lod, ber fid^ umfe^rte unb fld^ gu entfernen fuc^tc:
ober Siefe ôlte i^n êrbei, unb au^ er machte, inbem er ent
H-
46 oet^ce ^rofa.
tSufc^t toarb, bte tounberltd^ftm (Seberben. SSBtr gtengen }u<
fammcu nad^ bem $aufc. er Sîf^ war gcbcdt unb bcr Satct
fcôtt im 3iiiwci^ Olbic, bic raid^ fiuitcr fid^ I|ictt, trot an
bic d^wcUc unb fogtc: ^rSSatcr, c8 ifl bir bod^ re^t, bag (Seorge
limit mit und igt? S)u mugt t^m aber erlauben, \ia^ er ben
$)ut aufbehlt." Reinetrocgen !" fagte ber SKte, aber
warum fo etwa Ungenj^nlt^c? $at er fi^befc^bigt ?** tc
}og mtd^ Dor, wie iij ftanb unb ben ût aufhatte. 3ldn I" fagte
f!e, inbem fle mtc^ in bie @tu6e fhrte/ aber er ât eine S3oge{
êde barunter, bie m5(^ten êr))orfItegen unb einen tierteufetten
pn! madden: benn e finb lauter lofe SSgeL" !S)er Sater
lieg fi^ ben @(êr} gefallen, o^ne bag er re^t wugtc, wa^ ed
feigen follte. 3n bem ûgenb(id( na^m fte mir ben $ut ab,
machte einen ârrfug unb verlangte on mir ba^ @Ieid)e.
2)er 9lltc fal^ mic^ an, erfannte mic^, fam aber nic^t au feiner
priefterên gaffung. (gi ei ! $err Sanbibat !" rief er au3,
inbem er einen bro^cnben tJinger aufhob, ie lâben gcfc^tuinb
umgcfattctt, unb i^ Derliere ber yiadji einen e^tfen, ber mir
erfl gefiem fo treuli^ jufagte, manchmal bie 993o(ênIanje( fr
mi^ 3u bejletgen." 3Darauf tackte er on $erjen, lîeg mic^
wiKfommen, unb wir festen und ju !ifê. SJtofed !am um
Dielet fpter; benn er lâtte [lij, afe ber ergogene Ongfte,
angewhnt, bie JtittagSglode ju t)ev^ren. 3(ugerbem gab er
wenig c^t auf bie Oefefâft, ani) !aum wenn er wiberfprad^.
Ran âtte mic^, um i^n fixerer }u madden, nit^t ;;wifên bie
^weftem, fonbem an ha^ Snbe bc Sifcê gefe(jt. wo eorge
man^mat gu fiften pflegte. Hte er, mir im SRdfen, gur S()r
êrcingelommen war, fd^tug er mir bcrb auf bic Steffel unb
fagte: (Seorge, gefegncte SDlaÎjeit I'' ^nen 2)anf,
afunfcr!" erwieberte id^. 2)ie frcmbc.timme, ba frcmbe
@efenlêtm. 47
cfi^t erf freiten i^tu SBa3 fagfl bu ?'' rief Olbie, S^
feinem 33ruber nic^t redjt ^nUc^ ?'' 3a moÎ, tjon întcn,**
Dcrfefete SKofc, bcr pc^ gleic^ tuiebcr gu faffeu tuugte, luie
atten acuten.'' @r fa mi^ gar ni^t njicber an unb bcfd^f
tigtc [la) blog, bie eric^te, bic er nad^juôlcn âttc, eifrig îns
untergufÎtngen S)ann beliebte e^ i^m audj, gelegentlich auf:*
jufteên unb p^ in $of unb arten etttja^ ju ftiâffen gu
machen, ^nm 9?ac^tif(ê trat ber hja^râfte eorge herein unb
belebte bie gan);e (Scene noij nte^r. 3Ran UJoQte t^n niegen
feiner Siferfud^t aufjieên unb nid^t biUigen, ha^ er fic^ an
mir einen 9iit)a( gefâffen l^tte; allein er iDar befêiben unb
getoanbt genug unb mifc^te auf eine âlb buffelige 3Beifc fid^,
feine Sraut, fein @benbi(b unb bie 3){antfclld bergeflatt burd^
einanber, bag man gule^t ni^t me^r nûgte, on n)em bie Stebe
loar, unb bag man i^n ba^ tad SBein unb ein @td( on
feinem eignen uên in SRuê gar ju gern erje^ren lieg,
9?ad^ Sîfdê mar bie 9iebe, bag man fpajieren ge^cn woUt;
toAijt^ bod^ in meinen Sauemneibem nic^t itjoÎ angieug.
3)ie JJrauengimmer aber Ratten fcôn êute fr, af pe erfuhren,
tt)er fo bereilt fortgelaufen toar, pd^ erinnert, bag eine fc^ne
êfefcê eines Settern im d^ran! ^nge, mit ber er bei feinem
îerfein auf bic 3agb ju gelten ppege. Slttcin id^ Icl^ntc e3 ab,
(litgerlid^ jtoar mit allerlei pgen, aber innerlich mit bcm eit
len efÎ, bag id^ ben guten (ginbrudP, ben ic^ afe Sauer ge*
mac^t, nid^t mieber burc^ ben Setter gcrPren wolle, et
9Sater âtte pd^ entfernt, fein 2Rittagfd)tfdên ju Ratten, bie
Wutter mar in ber âudâttung befd[)ftigt \ok immer. a)er
greunb aber tât htn SJorfÎag, ic^ foHe etma erjagten, njorein
id^ fogletc^ loiUigte, 2Bir hcâUn \xn9 in eine gerumige
Saube, unb id^ trug ein 9J>rdên Dor, bad i^ êrna^ unter
is o^ce profit
bem Ziitl, Mt nene iDteluftne" aufgefc^rieBen ôbe.
& Derl^tt fic^ gum neuen $arid tote ungefhr ber dftng
ling gum Knaben, unb xij n)rbe t9 ^ter etnrden, toenn
i^ ni(^t ber Idnbltên SEtrlUd^fcit unb (Sinfalt, bte und ^ter ge
fdig umgibt, burd) lounbertidê (Spiete bet ^^ctntafte }u fcâben
frchtete. euug, mir gelang, toa hen (Srpnber unb SrjÎer
folcêr ^robuctionen belohnt, bie Steugierbe gu enegen, bie 3(uf^
merlfamfeit }u feffelu, ju Doreiliger 9(uflfung unburd^bring
lieber SRt^fel }u reijen, bie (Smiartungen ]u tufcên, bnrd|
bad @ettfamcre, bad an bie @teQe bed <Se(tfamen tritt, ju Der^
nîrrcn, 99{itleib unb fûr(^t ju erregen, beforgt ju madden, }u
rhren unb enbtid^ burc^ Umn)enbung eined fdêinbaren (Smfled
in gei{irci(ên unb Reitern dêrj bad ernt^ }u befriebtgen,
ber (tnbi(bungdfraft @toff ju neuen 93ilbent unb bem Ser
flanbe ju fcmerm 9?a(^bcn!en 3U întertaffcn
onte iemanb lnftig biefed SOtrcên gebrudt lefen mA
im\]tii\, ob cd eine fol(ê Birfung f)abt êrDorbringen I5nnen,
fo bebenfc bcrfetbe, bag ber SRcnfd^ eigentlid^ nur berufen iji,
in ber egenmart 3U loirlen. @d^reiben ift ein SOtigbraud^ ber
epraê, flille fr fid^ lefen ein trauriged urrogat ber SRebe.
S)er 9)ienfc^ iDirlt aUt^, load er oermag, auf hm SDtenfcên
burc^ feine êrfnli^feit, bie dugenb am flrfflen auf bie
dugenb, unb lîer entfpringen aud^ bie reinflen SBirfungen.
S)iefe finb ed, n)e{ê bie SBctt beteben unb meber moratifc^ nod^
j)f)Qfi|d^ audfterben laffcn. SKir toar oon meinem SJatcr eine
geiiffe le^râfte 9tebfcKg!eit augecrbt, Don meiner 5Kuttcr bie
@abe, allcd, toa^ bie Sinbitbungdiraft lêroorbringen, faffen f anu,
Reiter unb frftig barjuftctten, bclannte SKrên aufjufitfrfjcn,
anberc gu erfmbcn unb gu erjagten, [a im rj^ten ju crfmben.
3>ur(^ iene oterti(ê SDiitgift tourbe id^ ber efeUfdâft mehren
!3Die Seiben be fungen SBertlêrd 49

têtld unbequem: beutt met mag gem bte iDlemungen unb f
finnungen be ?[nbcrn l^ren, bcfonber cine Ongng, bcffcn
Urtêil, bei lgenhafter Erfahrung, immer unjulngli^ etfd^cint.
SKeinc SRutter Ijingegcn lâtte mic^ jur gcfeflfcâftlicên Unter*
Haltung cigcntlid^ rcc^t au^gejtattet, !S)aS lecrjic SKr^cn ât
fr bte @inbi(bungfraft einen ôên 9tei}, nnb bcr geringfte
eâ(t h)irb t)om 93erflanbe ban!bar aufgenommen.
3)urc^ fol^f IBarflellungen, bie mic^ gar nic^t foflclen,
mad^te id^ mi^ bei înbent beliebt, erregte unb erget^te bie
Ougcnb unb jog bie ufmerffamfeit lterer $crfoncn auf mid^.
9htr mute id^ in ber ociett, toie fte gcttj^nlic^ ijl, folê
Ue6ungen gar balb einflellen, unb id^ âbe nur gu fel^r an
8ebcngcnu unb freier eiflefrbemng baburd) verloren; ho)
begleiteten mi^ Jene beiben elterliên a6en bur^ gange
geben, mit einer britten erbunben, mit bem Sebrfni, mid^
figrUd^ unb glei(^nign)eife audgubrden. 3n Stdffid^t biefer
Cigcnfdôften, weldê bcr fo cinfid^tigc a gciflrcic^c 3)oftor
alt, na^ feiner gel^re, an mir anerfannte, bet^cuerte bcrfelbe,
id^ fei eigentlid^ gum SJoHrebner geboren. Ucber biefc Srff
nung erfd^raf id^ nid^t toenig: benn ^tte flc toirld^ runb, fo
fre, ba fic^ bei meiner 9iation ni(^t gu reben fanb, alled
Utbrige, toa^ ic^ Dome^men fonnte, leiber ein DerfelÎter Seruf
gettjefen.
^te Setben ht9 iungcn S93crtl)cr^.

91 10. SsttttS.
SBarum i^ bir nid)t fd^reibe? tJragfl bu ba, unb bifl borf)
itnd^ ber ele^rten einer ? S)u foteft ratlên, bag i(^ mi(^ toobi
Beftitbe, unb jmar Svxi unb gut, i^ ^6e eine Selamttfâfl

gemacht, bic mein $crj n^cr angebt. 3(^ âbc i^ tocig
ntc^t
S)tr in ber Drbnung gu evjÎen, ie'd 3Ugegangen ifl, haiî
xij ctnd bcr Kebcndtovbigflen efc^pfe âbc tennen lernen,
loirb fc^mer galten. 3(i^ bin ))ergngt unb g((f(id^ unb alfo
lein guter $tflorienf(^reiber.
SinenngeU $fui! ha9 fagt iebcr on ber einigen,
niijt toaf^x ? Unb boc^ bin ic^ nic^t int Staube, bir }u fagen,
tote fle DoQIontnten ift, toarunt fte DoQfontmen ifi; genug, fte
ât aO meinen @inn gefangen genotnntcn.
@o Diel Einfalt bei fo t)ic( Serftanb, fo Diel Ute bei fo Diel
têftigfeit, unb bie Stuê ber @eele bei bent toa^ren Sebcn unb
ber J^tigfcit.
3)ad i{t alle^ garflige^ mSi\ij, toa9 xij ba Don i^r fage,
leibigc Slbftractionen, bic nid^t einen ^ng i^re elbfl au*

brtfen. in onber SKat 9?ein, nici^t ein anber SKat, jefet
glei^ toia i^ bir' erjagten* SEIû' ic^' iefet nic^t fo gef^^
e nientat. Denn, unter un, feit id^ angefangen âbe, ju
f(^reiben, toar id^ fdôn breimat im Segriffe, bie (Jeber nieber gu
legen, mein ^ferb fatteln yx laffen unb lînau ju reiten. Unb
bod^ fd^tDur i^ mir êut fr^, nic^t înaud }u reiten, tmb geê
boi) alle 3(ugenb(id(' an Sanfter, jn feên, toie ô^ bie onne
nod^ jie^t.
Si) âb' ni(^t bertoinben I5nncn, id^ mugte }U i^ l^tnau.
3)a bin i^ iDteber, Si((}etm, toid mein Butterbrot ju ^taijt
effen unb bir fc^reiben. Beld^ eine SBonne ba fr meine
eele tjl, fe in bem reife ber lieben muntern inber, i^rcc
ac^t ef^toifler, gn feên !
38enn ic^ fo fortfahre, loir bu am (Snbe fo Kug fein, b
!ê Setben be9 iuttgen SBertêr9. 51

am 9(nf(mge. $Bre benn, xiti toxu ntt^ gtvmgen, vx9 3)etatl }a
gcêiu
S) fd^rieb bit neultd^, n)te lij ben 3(mtmann ... âbe
tennen lernen, nnb n)te er mi^ gebeten lâb^, t^n balb in feiner
Sinficbelci, ober Dietmel^r feinem fteinen nigrciê jn befu*
cên. S) t)ema^(ffigte bad nnb nire ))ielleid[)t nie îngefonu
men, ^tte mir ber 3^^^ ^^)i ben â^ entbecft, ber in bet
jliDen (Segenb t)erborgcn liegt.
Unfere jungen Seute fatten einen Sail auf bem Sanbe ange
fteQt, }u bem id^ mic^ be^nn au^ luillig finben (ieg. Sij bot
einem îeftgcn guten, frnen, brigen^ unbebeutenben SRbcên
bie ânb, unb ed n)urbe audgema^t, haf^ i) eine ûtfê ne^
men, mit meiner I^njerin unb i^rer Safe nac^ bem Orte bet
?uflbarleit înaufal^rcn unb auf bem SBcge Sârlottcn . .
mitnehmen fote. ie Serben ein fc^ne ^rauenjimmer
fennen lernen," fagtc meine cfcfâfterin, ba toir bur^ ben
loeiten, fc^n aufgehauenen SBalb nac^ htm 3agbf|aufe fuhren.
Stemmen @ie fld) in Sld^t," t)erfc(jte bie Safe, bag ie ftd) nic^t
Derliebcn!" 2Bie fo ?" fagte i). ie ifl fcôn hergeben,''
antwortete dene, an einen fe^r brat)en SRann, ber meggereidt
ift, feine @aên in Orbnung gu bringen, loei( fein $ater ge
ftorben ifl, unb ftc^ um eine anfe^ndê Serforgung 3U betoer^
ben." ic Sfad^ric^t toar mir gicmtic^ gleichgltig.
S)ie (Sonne voav no) eine Siertelflunbe Dom ebirge, a
mir t>or bem ôftlôre anfuhren. @d koar fe^r f^ml, unb bie
fjrauenjimmer uerten il^re 93cforgni megen eine citiittcr,
bag ftd^ in n)eiggrauen, bumpfid^ten SBttcên ringd am $ori
jonte gufammengugieên fcîen. S) tufc^te i^re tûrc^t mit
anmagli(êr 9Q?ctterfunbe, ob mir gleid^ felbfl gu al^nen anpenqi
mifete Sujlbarfeit loerbe einen @tog (eiben.
62 octl)C ^rofa*
Qij mar au9,qefttcgen, unb eine âfî, bb a\x9 Stôt taia,

bat un^, einen Slugenblicf ju Der}tel)en, 9){amfeQ Sottcên xoxht
iUid) fommen. 3d) gtenq buvd) ben $of nac^ bent mo^tgebau
ten ^Ciix\c, nnb ha iij bie toregenbe ^Treppe ^tnaufgefttegen
niar unb in bie %\)nx trat, fiel mir bad reijenbfle @(âufpiel in
bie ^ngen, ha^ ic^ [t gefc^cn âbe. dn beut Sorfaale iDimuteU
ten fec^d Sinber \>ox[ elf gu jn)ei darren um ein SRbdên t)or.
ft^ner (Seftalt, mittlerer rge, bie ein ftmpied toeige teib
mit blarotlên (Schleifen an Sinti unb Srufl anlâtte. @ie îelt
ein fdinjarêd 33vot unb fc^nitt if)rcn deinen ringd êrum febem
fein td na^ proportion il|rc3 Sitter unb Stppetit ob, gab'3
iebem mit foldêr ^reunbti^feit, unb jebe rufte fo ungefujlctt
fein: S)an!e I inbem ed mit htn Heinen $nbên lange in bie
$olê gereidjt âtte, eê ed ttot^ abgefc^nitten toax, unb nun mit
feinem Slbeubbrote t)crgngt cnttoeber toegfprang; ober nod^ fei
nem fHtteren Sârafter gclaffen baon gieng, nad^ bem ôftlôre
gu, um bie gremben unb bie utfcê ju feigen, barinnen i^re
Stte toegfa^rcn follte. Qij bitte um Vergebung/' fogte fie,
,,ba \i\ ie herein bemalte unb bie ^rauengimmer arten taffe.
Ueber bem Slnjieên unb allerlei Seflettungen fr $au in
meiner Slbnjefen^cit ijabt iif Dergeffen, meinen inbem i^r SSef>
perfltf gu geben, unb fie tootten on niemanben 93rot gefd^nitten
âben, ate oon mir." 34 machte il^r ein unbebeutenbe Som*
plunent; meine gange eelc ru^tc ouf ber eftatt, bem Sione,
bem SSetragen, unb i^ lâtte eben ^tit, mid^ Don ber Ueber*
rafdûng gu erholen, ate fie in bie tube lief, i^re ânbfdûê
nnb ^cêr gu I|oten. Sie kleinen foên mid^ in einiger 6ut
femung fc Don ber eite an, unb id^ gieng auf ba ngfb
I^, ba ein fiinb Don ber gldHid^ften efid^t^bilbung nâr,
Sd gog ftc^ gurdt, ate eben Stte gur Spre êrau lam unb
IDie Setben be9 jungen Sertêrd. 53

fajte: ,/8ou, giB bcnt $crm Setter eine $anb/' 3)a tât
ber nobe fel^r frcimtl^tg, unb id) fonntc ntic^ ni^t cntJâltcn,
i^n, ungcad)tct feine ficincn SRofendên, êrjGc^ ju fffen.
S5ctter?"fagte id^, inbcm id^ i^r bie $anb reifte, ,,gtauben
ie, bog ii be liitf wert^ fei, mit S^nen Demanbt gu
fein ?" D/' fogte fle mit einem leichtfertigen Sbeln, ,,nn*
fere Setterfâft ijl fel^r toeitlufig, unb e torc mir leib, toenn
ic ber c^fimmfte brunter fein fottten." 3m (Scên gab fie
oj)lîen, ber lteften dîcfler no^ i^r, einem SWbên on
ungefhr e(f dal^ren, ben S(uftrag, moÎ auf bie înber Slc^t jn
âben unb ben $apa ju grgen, menu er ))om pajierritte nad^
$aufe !me. cn fileinen fagtc pe, fie foflten t^rer rfjnjeflet
o))îe folgen, al nênn fle' felber toxt, ba benn au^ einige
aubr(ic^ erfpraên. Sine fteine nafcttjeife Slonbine aber,
t)on ungefhr fed^ 3al|ren, fagte: ,,S)u biji' boc^ ni^t, Sott
cên; tt)ir âben bic^ boc^ lieber." Sie gitiei ttejlen finabcn
toaren auf bie utfdie geflettert, unb auf mein iJrbitten er
laubte fie i^nen, bi t)or htn SBalb mitzufahren, nienn fte ter
Iprtên, fic^ nid^t ju nedEen unb jtd^ rec^t fefl gu galten.
, aSSir Ratten un !aum gure^t gefc(jt, bie fjâuenjimmer fic^
betoifommet, toec^fefnjcifc ber ben Sttngng, tjorgglid^ ber bie
$te i^re ^nmerfungen gemad^t unb bie efefcâft, bie man
erwartete, gehrig burc^gegogen, at Stte ben fiutfêr Ratten
unb i^re S3rber êrabfleigen lieg, bie no(^ einmal i^re $anb gu
fffen begehrten, ba benn ber ttefle mit aller i^rtti^fcit, bie
beut SKter on funfge^n Salren eigen fein fann, ber anbere mit
tiet ^cftigfeit unb geic^tfinn tât ie lie bie fileinen noc^
einmal grben, unb toir ful^ren ipciter.
!Die S3afe fragte, ob pe mit bem 93udê fertig tore, ha fie
i^r neulich gefcîdft ^tte ? SJein," fogte ?otte, e gefat mir
54 oetê ôfa.
ntd^t; te fdnnen^d tuteber âbeiu 2)ad t)onge toar aitd^ nt^t
bcffer." Sil crflamitc, a(3 icft frogtc, a c fr Sd^cr tt)*
ten, unb fic mir anttoortctc:* 3c^ fonb fo ie( 6(}oraftcr in
allem, voa^ fte fachte, i^ fa^ mit j[ebem Bort neue Steige, neue
Straften be$ eifte^ aud il^ren efic^tdjgen lêrt)or6reên, bie
Ki) nac^ unb nacfi Dergngt gu entfalten fdîenen, nêit fie an
mir fllte, ba^ id^ fte terftanb.
SBie x) jnger war/' fagte fie, liebte t(^ nid)t fo fe^r a
9tomane. SBeig ott, koie nôÎ mifd n)ar, tt)enn i(^ mid^
@onntagd fo in ein (Sdfcên feên unb mit ganjem êrjen an
bem (dC unb Unftem einer 3Rig denn^ Slêit nehmen fonnte.
Qi) leugne aud^ nid^t, ha^ bie %tt nod^ einige Steige fr mid^
lât. S)oc^ ba id^ fo feiten an ein S3u^ lomme, fo muffen fie
au(^ red^t na^ meinem efc^madt fein. Unb ber lutor ifl mir
ber licbfle, in htm xij meine SSkIt mieber ftnbe, bei bem e^ gu
ge^t, loie um mid^, unb beffen ef(î^te mir bod^ fo tntereffant
unb êrgli^ nîrb, at mein eigen lu^(id^ Seben, \>a9 freilie
(ein ârabied, aber bo(^ im gangen eine ClueOe unfg(i(êr
eirffeligfeit ifl."
3d^ bemhte mic^, nuine 9eh)egungen ber biefe SfBorte û
Derbergen. a gieng freilie nid^t toeit: benn ba id^ fie mit
folcêr SBa^rêit im Vorbeigehen \>om Sanbpriefier t>on SBafe
fielb, Domt reben ^rte, fam id^ gang auer mid^, fagte i^r
e, ttja id^ ttjute, unb bemerftc erft nad^ einiger ^t, ba
gotte ba^ efprc^ an bie nbem toenbetc, bafe biefe bie ^cit
* SRan tie^t ft^ senSt^lgt, biefe euUt Ici QriefeS ju unterbrficfen, um niemanb
Oelegenêit ju einiser Sef^verbe gu geben. Obglet^ Im (Stunbe jebem 9(utor enig
n bem Urtêile etned einzelnen SDZbênS unb eineS lungen, unfleten SRenfên
lelegen fein tann.
t iUZan fât au^ îer bte fRamen einiger eaterl&nbifên Sintoren audgelaffen
. SBe
l:êa an Sotten SBeifaQe lât, farb e gewi| an feinem lêrgen ffi^fen, enn et tM^
fiteQe lefen foQte, unb fonft (vau^t e [a niemanb }u iffcn.
Die ribcn be jungen ertêr. 65

fi(er mit offenen Sugen^ ate fgen fie ntc^t ha, bigefeffen fâU
ten. S)ie 93afe fa^ ntt^ ntc^r ate einmal mit einem fpttifdên
92^(iên an, baran mir aber ni^td gelegen n>ar.
S)a efprd^ fiel auf %rgngen am Zanjc. ,,SBenn
bicfe Seibenfâft ein geiler ift/' fagte l'otte, ,,\o geflelê vi\
d^nen gern, id^ meig mir nid^td ber Xanjen. Unb tuenn ic^
ma im Jtopfe âbe unb mir auf meinem Derflimmten Slatiiei

einen Sontretanj Dortrommte, fo x\t alle niieber gut/'
SEie i^ mid^ unter bem efprê in ben fd^marjen Singen
toeibete ! mie bie Icbenbigen Sippen unb bie frifên muntern
SBangen meiite gan^ê @ee(e anjogen! mie id^, in ben êrr
liên @inn i^rer 9tebe ganj Derfunlen, oft gar bie orte
nid^t ^rte, mit benen jic fl^ au^brdtte! batjon lâjl bu eine
SorfleUung, n)ei( bu mid^ lennfi. ûrj, id) flieg an^ bem
SBagen mt ein S^rumenber, ate toir Dor bem lûftâufe fiille
hielten, unb tvat fo in trumen ring in ber bmmemben Belt
t)er(oren, bag i^ auf bie Ruftf faum ad^tete, bie un Don bem
erleud^teten @aal herunter entgegen flaute.
ie jtt)ci Ferren, ubran unb ein gcmiffer 9?. 31, ttr bc
^(t alle bie 9}amen ! bie ber S3afe unb Sotten Snjer
maren, empfiengen un am @^(age, bem^tigten ft^ i^ret
grauenjimmer, unb id^ fhrte bie meinige hinauf.
S93ir f ^langen un in enuet um einanber lêrum; i^ fot^
berte ein grauenjimmer nad^ bem anbem auf, unb \u^ bie un
leibti^flen fomtten nxi)t baju fommen, einem bie $anb ju
teilen unb ein Snbe ju ma^cn. Stte unb i^r X&nyx ftengcn
einen Snglifcên an^ unb mc tocHjH mir' loar, ate fie aud) in
ber SReilê bie îgur mit un anficng, magjlt bu fl}lcm Xanjcn
mug man fic feên ! (Sic^jH bu, fic ifl fo mit ganzem êrgen unb
mit gan}er @eele babei, i^r gonjer fidrper eine Harmonie, fo
56 (SoOt^t^ ^rotQ.
forglo^, fo unbefangen, a menn bad etgentfid^ aOel toxt, aM
toenn fte fonfl ni^td b^te, nt^td empfnbe; unb m bent Wu
genbltdCc geiutg f(l^n)tnbet ailed lnbere Dor t^r.
3c^ bat fie urn ben gmeiten Sontrctanj ; fie fagte mir ben
bittten iVL, unb mit ber Itebendmrbigflen ^^reimtîgfeit Don
ber 9Bc(t Derftdjerte fie mii), bag fie êrjfid^ gem 3)eutfc^ tanje.
go tfl îcr f SKobe," fu^r fie fort, bag jebed âar, ba gtt*
fammen gel^rt, beim 3)eutfdên gufammen bleibt, unb mein
(Sâpeau nialjt fc^te^t unb bantt mir'd, toenn i^ i^m bie 3lrbeit
eriaffe. 3^r t^rauengimmer fann'd anij niijt unb mag ni^t,
unb i^ âbe im Snglifên gefe^n, bag @ie gut maljen; menn
@ie nun mein fein nôllen frd !Z)eutfê, fo geên @ie unb
bitten fi^'d Don meinem $erm and, unb xij miU in 3^ret
S)ame geên." d(i^ gab i^r bie ^nb batauf, unb toir mad^
ten and, bag i^r S^ttnjer injteifên meine Zftnjerin unterhalten
foQte.
9hm gteng'd, unb nîr erge^ten und eine 9BeiIe an mannig
faltigen @(^(ingungen ber Srme. SRit toelcêm 9{eije, mit
toielêr f^d^ttgleit betoegte fie ft^! Unb ba toir nun gar and
Satjen lamen unb toie bie @))^Sren um eittanber êrum roE
ten, gieng'd freilid^ anfangd, nêiPd bie Benigften fnnen, em
Stgcên bunt bur^ einanber* 2Bir toiaren ug unb liegen fie
audtoben; unb aid bie Ungefîdteflen ben $Ian gerumt
fatten, fielen toir ein unb hielten mit nod^ einem $aare, mit
Slubran unb feiner Snjerin, ttjader and. 5Rie ifi mir'd fo
(eid^t oom tÎetfe gegangen* Sij n)ar lein SRenf^ me^r. 2)ad
(iebendtorbigfle efc^pf in ben SIrmen }u âben unb mit

i^r lêrum gu fliegen n)ie abetter, bag ailed ringd umlêr Der
gieng, unb SJilêlm, um e^rli^ }u fein, tlât iij aber bod^
ben @(^tottr, bag ein SRdbdên, bad i^ liebte, auf bad td^ fbai
SDie Sdben bed funsett S93ertl)er9. 57

f)>rft4e l^fttte, mir nie mit einem 3(nbem malten follte, al3 mit
mir, unb nênn i^ brber ju @runbe ge(|en mfigte S)u t>er4
fle^fi miij !
aSir mad^tcn einige Jourcn gcênb im aale, um ju er
fc^naufen* 2)ann fe^te fte ftc^, unb bte Orangen, bte i^ bei
@eite gebjaci^t âtte, bie nun bie einjigen nod^ brigen n)aren,
traten Dortrefflidê Birfung, nur ha^ mit mit jebem @c(jnitt>
ên, bad fie einer unbefdêtbenen Stac^barin S^renâlber ju
treibe, ein @tid^ bur^d $er} gieng.
SBeim brittcn engtifcên Xanj ttjoren wir ba jtcitc âar
iSSie toir bie 9teiê burd^tanjten unb i^, tDeig Ott, mit toit
Diel 3Bonne, an i^rem 3lrm unb 3(uge îeng, bad Doli Dom
toa^rflen Sfudbrud bed offenften, reinen Vergngend toar,
lommen mir an eine ^rau, bie mir megen i^rer (icbendmrbigen
iene auf einem nic^t mel^r ganj inngen eftc^te merhurbig
gen)cfen tuar. ie fielet Sotten lêlnb an, lebt einen brol^cn
ben Ringer auf unb nennt ben 9?amen 3l(bert jmcimal im Vor
beifliegen mit Diel Sebeutung.
9Ber ift lbcrt,'' fagte ic^ ju ?ottcn, toenn'd nidjt SJcrmcf
fenêit ift, ju fragen?'' (Sie tear im Segriff, ju antworten, aid
D)ir und fdêiben muten, um bie groge Uijtt }u madden, unb
mid^ bnite einiged 92ad^benlen auf i^rer @tim }u feên, aid
toir fo Dor einanbcr Dorbercujten. rrSBad foH ic^'d 3^ncn
leugnen," fagte jle, inbem jle mir bie ânb jur ^romenabe bot,
Stbert iji ein braDer Kcnfd^, bem i^ fo gut aid Dcriobt bin !"
9lun ttjar mir bad nic^td Sicued (benn bie 5IKb(ên Ratten
mir'd auf bem SEBcge gefagt) unb war mir bo^ fo ganj neu,
tueil idj ed no^ ntd^t im Verl^ltnig auf fte, bie mir in fo tDcnig
Slugcnblidfcn fo tt)ert geworben war, gebadet I}atte. enug,
td^ Derwirrte mid^, Dergag mid^ unb lam jwifcêu ha9 unrechte
58 oetê $rofa.
$aar ûtein, bag aOe^ bruntcr unb btEer gteng nnb Sotten^
ganje cgenmart unb Qemn unb 3i^^<^n ndt^tg toax, um e^
fd)îell tDteber in Drbnung ju bringen.
S)er Xanj mar noc^ ntd^t ju @nbe^ aU bte SBIt^ê, bte totr
fd)on tange am ôrijonte leud^ten gefe^n unb i^ immer filr
SSetterfÎen ausgegeben ()atte, Diel flrler gu tonhcgi anftengen
unb ber 3)onner bie SDhifi! berflimmte. S)rei graucujimmci
liefen and ber Steige, benen i^re Ferren folgten ; bie Unorbnung
mrbe allgemein, unb bie SRuftt ^5rte auf. (S9 ifi natfirltd^,
toenn und ein Ungtd ober etmad @(^red(i(êd im SJergngen
fiberraf^t, bag ed flrfere (SinbrttdCe auf und mad^t, aid fonfl,
têild toegen bem egenfa|^c, ber fid^ fo lebhaft empftnben (5gt,
têild, unb nod^ me^r, meit unfere innen einmal ber ^Îbarteit
geffnet ftnb unb a(fo beflo fd^netler einen Sinbrud annel^men*
S)tefen Urfadên mug ic^ bie tounberbaren rimaffen jufc^retben,
in bie id^ mc(}rcre {^rauenjimmer audbrecên fa^. !îe Algfle
fe^te fid^ in eine ddt, mit bem 9tttd(en gegen bad ênfter, unb
^te(t bte >^ren ju. (Eine 3lnbere htiete t>or i^r nieber unb ber
barg ben $opf in ber Srflen (Scôog. (Sine 2>ritte fd)ob fl^
}tt)tfd)en beibe lînein unb umfagte i^re d^meercên mit tau
fenb jT^rncn. (Einige moQten nad^ $aufe; Rubere, bie nbd^
weniger mugten, toad fle traten, Ratten nic^t fo Diel 93efinnungd^
fraft, ben êdfêiten unferer fungen @d^(ucfer ju fteuerur bie fe^
befd)ftigt }u fein f(îenen, alle bie ngfUidên ebete, bie bem
$immel beftimmt mcren, Don ben Si))pn ber frnen S3ebrfng
ten tocgjufangcn. Einige unferer Ferren Ratten fic^ înab be*
aiffn, nm ein ^feif^cn in 9luê gu raudên; unb bie brige
@efcQf4aft f^(ug cd nid^t aud, aid bie SEirtI|in auf ben fingen
(SinfaQ tam, und ein î^nier anjumeifen, bad Sben unb Sor^
(finge ^tte* Aaum maren ttiir ba angelangt^ aid Stte ic
S)te Setben be9 iuttgen 9Bert^cr6 69

fc^ftigt mar, euten Aret^ t)on (Sthlen ju fieHen unb, ate ftc^
bie efcllfcâft auf t^re iBttte gefegt fâttt, ben SSortrag }u
einem pte(e }u tûn.
3d) fa^ iDâncên, ber in ôffnuug auf ein faftiged $fanb
fein 5Ku(cl^cn fpiljte unb feine lieber redte. SBir fpielen
3^lcn," fagte pe. 9?un gebt %d)t ! 3c^ ge^' im reifc êr
um on ber Siebten }ur leinten, unb fo jÎt i^r aud^ ringd
êrum, jeber bie âiî, bie an i^n lommt^ unb bad mug geên
ttJie ein gauffcuer^ unb ttjer flodt ober fi^ irrt, friegt cine O^r*
feige, unb fo bid Saufenb." 91un toar bad luftig angufeên.
@ie gieng mit audgeflrcdtem 9(rm im Areid êrum. @ind,
pcng ber (Srjte an, ber Slac^bar 3^^^^ ^^^^ ber golgenbc, unb
fo fort, ann fieng fic an, gefc^minbcr gu geên, immer ge*
f^toinbcr; ba t)erfa^'d (Einer, ))atf^ ! eine Ohrfeige unb, fiber
bad el^ter, ber ^ôlgenbe au^ pai\\l unb immer ge^
fc^minber. 3^ fetbp friegte gmei RaulfêQen unb glaubte
mit innigem Sergnttgen gu bemerf en, bag fte ficirfer feien, a fie
fte ben Uebrigen gugumeffen ))f(egte. 6in aQgemeincd e(d^
ter unb efd^mrm enbigte ha9 piel, elê no^ bad Xaufenb
audgeg^tt ttiar. 3)ie S3ertraute{len gogen einanber beifeite,
bad emitter mar Dorber, unb ic^ fo(gte Sotten in ben aaL
Unterwegd fagte fte: Ucber bie Ohrfeigen âben fie SBettcr
unb attcd crgeffen 1" 3^ lonnte i^r nic^td antworten. 3^
mar," fu^r fie fort, eine ber ûr^tfamften, unb inbem id) mi^
êrgâft fteQte, um ben (nbem Wlnii} gu geben, bin i^ mutîg
gemorben.'' SBir traten an^ Senficr. Sd bonnertc abfeitmrtd
unb ber ^crrlidê 9{egen f auf elte auf bad Sanb, nnb ber erquidenbfte
SBo^lgemd^ ftieg in aQer $fille einer marmen Suft gu und auf,
(Sie flaub auf i^ren (SQenbogen geflutt; i^r Slid bur^brang bie
@;genb, fie fa^ gen îmmel unb auf mid^^ uJ^ f a( t^ Vngc
60 oet^ $rofa*
t^rnenott, fie legte il^rc $anb auf bic ntemiije unb fagte
lopftotf I Q\ erinnerte mic^ foglci^ ber ^crrliên Obc, bie

i^r in cbanlen tag, unb tjcrfani in bem tuome tjon Sntpfin*
bungen, ben fie in bicfcr Sofung ber mtc^ ausgo. -Sd) cr*
trug'3 nid)t, neigte mic^ auf i^re $anb unb fgte fie unter ben
toonneoHjlen S^rnen. Unb fa^ nc^ i^rem uge toieber
(b(er! l^ttcfl hn beine Sergdtterung in biefent Slide gefe^n,
unb ntod^t' id^ nun betnen fo oft entniei^ten Stamen nie toieber
nennen ^renl
Km 19. 3uniu8.
SSo td^ neuli^ ntit meiner
nid^t me^r; bad nêig id^,
iij ju Sette lam, unb bag,
fnnen, flatt }u f^reiben,
aufgehalten ^&tte.
(SrjSÎung geblieben bin, nêig xij

bag t9 gmei U^r bed 9{ac^td \oat, ate
toenn id^ bir l^dtte orf^tDalên
i^ bid^ t>ieneid^t bid an hen SOtorgen
2Bad auf unferer hereinfahrt Dom SBalle gefêlên i{l, f|a6e id^
nod^ nid^t erjÎt, âbe aud^ êute leinen Sag baju.
@d tt)ar ber lerrlic^fte Sonnenaufgang! er trpfelnbe
SBalb unb bad erfrifd^te JJelb umêr ! Unfere efettfcâfterinnen
nicften ein. ie fragte mic^, ob i^ nic^t au^ t)on ber ârtie
fein moDte? i^rentwegen fofff ic^ unbelmmert fein. o
lange i^ biefe ugen offen fel|e/' fagte id^ unb fa^ fie fefi an,
fo (ange at*d feine efal^r," Unb loir ^bcn bcibe audge*
lâlten bid an i^r Xôx, ba i^r bie 3Ragb leife aufmad^te unb
auf i^r i^ragen oerficêrte, bag Sater unb kleine looÎ feien unb
alle nod^ fdÎiefen. a t)crlieg i^ fie mit ber Sitte, fie fclbigen
lagd nod^ feigen ju brfen ; pe gejlanb mir'd gu, unb i^ bin
jjefommen, unb feit ber ^cit fnnen onne, 9Ronb unb tcrne
geruhig i^re SJirtl^fcâft treiben, id^ loeig meber, bag Sâg, noc^
bag 9?ad^t ifl, unb bie gauge 3Bett verliert ftd^ urn mid^ ber.
!Dte Setben bed Jungen SBertlêrd. ffi

Km 21. 3ttniu<.
Qij tebe fo gldltdê Sâge, mte fte ott feinen êiligen au9*
fpart; wnb mit mir mag erben, la li, fo barf id) nic^t
fagen, ba ic^ bie JJrcubcn, bic rcinjUen S'^cuben be Sebcn nidjt
genoffen lâbe. u Icnnft mein SBaÎlêim; bort bin x6) ig
etabtirt, t)on bort âbe id^ nur eine â(be @tunbe ju Sotten, bort
fl^f ic^ mic^ felb jl unb ac lud, ba bem SKcnfc^cn gegeben ijt.
^tt' ic^ gebadet, at id^ mir 2Bal^(êim jum 3êdCe meiner
@pajiergnge mahlte, bag e$ fo naê am $imme( (dge ! 2Bie
oft (}abe id^ \ia9 3agbâui3, bai3 nun alle meine SBnfcê ein
fdÛcfet, auf meinen citcn aSBanberungen balb Dom Serge,
batb on ber Sbene ber ben Slug gefe^n !
Sieber SBilêlm, id^ fâht allerlei na^gebad^t, ber bie S3egter
im 9D?enf(ên, ft^ aujubreiten, neue Sntbcdungen ju madden,
Ijcrumjufd^mcifcn; unb bann toicbcr ber ben innem Srieb, fld^
ber Stnfd^rnfung toidig ju ergeben, in bem (cife ber etool^n
êit fo înjufal^ren unb ftd^ n)eber um Sted^td, no^ um Sinfd ju
bcfmmcm.
@d ifl tounberbar: toie ic^ lîerêr lam unb t)om $ge( in bad
fc^ne Sâl flaute, ttjie ed mid^ ringd umêr anjog. S)ort
ba S35tbd|en ! ?ld^, lnntefl bu bic^ in feine chatten
mifcfjcn ! ort bie piftc be Serge ! Slc^, fnntejl bu
t)on ba bie tocite Ocgenb berfdâucn l SDie in einanber ge^
fetteten $gef unb tjertraufic^cn Zl)tx l O, fnnte id^ mi(^
in i^ncn verlieren ! 3fd^ eifte în, unb lehrte gurcf, unb
âtte iti^t gefunben,
toic mit ber ^^^^"ft
unfcrer cclc, unfere
Slugc, \mh mir fernen
und mit au ber onne
toa ic^ ôffte. O, e ifl mit ber gerne,

i" gvoge bmmcmbe anje ru^t tjot
Smpflnbung tjerf^mimmt barin wie unfei
und. acfj ! unfer ganged SBefen înjugcben,
emed einjigen, grogen, êrrliên &t
62 oet^ $rofa.
filmte au^fftHftt 2u (offen imb, a6) ! totxm totr ^tnju etten,
meim bad 2)ort nun $ter mirb, ifl ailed Dot tote nad^, unb mit
fteên in unferer Xmtut^, in unserer Singefd^tnftêit, unb
mtfere eele (c^jt na^ entfc^Qipftem Sabfale.
0 fe^nt ft^ bet unruîgfle Sagabunb jule^t toieber nac^
feinem Saterlanbe unb finbet in feiner $tte, an ber 93ru{l
feiner attin, in bent greife feiner înber, in ben efdj&ften
}u i^rer @râ(tung aQ bie SBonne, bie er in ber tueitcn, oben
SBelt t>ergebend fuci^te.
SEBenn xij fo bed Rorgend mit Sonnenaufgnge înaudgcê
na^ meinem SEa^lêim unb bort im SBtrt^dgarten mir meine
3udererbfen felbfl pfliide, mic^ înfeê, fie abfbme unb ba$
gnîfdên in meinem $omer lefe; loenn i^ bann in ber !(eincn
^6)t mir einen 3ôpf \o&ffi.t, mir Sutter audftedê, meine
(Schoten and fêuer ftcQe^ jubedCe unb midj baju fe|ê, fte mand^
mal umjufd^tteln; ba f^P i^ fo lebhaft, toie bie bennt(}tgen
freier ber $enetope Od^fen unb dîoeine fdÎad^ten, gerlegen
unb braten. Sd ifl nid^td, bad mi^ fo mit einer fliDen loa^ren
mpftnbung audfte, aid bie 3ge patriarcâlifcên liebend,
bie ic^, Ott fei !DanI, o^ne 3lffcctation in meine Sebendavt t)cu
toeben fann.
Bie n)oÎ ifi mtr'd, ba mein $er} bie fimple ârmlofe
Bonne ht9 3Jienf(f)en fllen lann, ber ein ^rautâupt auf
feinen Sîfc^ bringt, ha^ er felbfl gejogen, unb nun nid^t hm
StofjH atin, fonbem aQ bie guten Sage, ben fdjnen Rorgen^
ba er i^n pflanzte, bie lieblidên Slbenbe, ha er i^n begog unb
ba er an bem fortfd^reitenben Sad^dtûm feine ^reube âtte,
aUe in einem ugenbdt ieber mit geniet
Km 29 dnniBl.
Sorgeflem lam ber iDlebicud îer aud ber tabt înaud gm
'Dtc Selben be^ iungcn SQJcrtêr^. 63

Xmtmann unb fanb mt^ auf ber (Srbe unter SottenS ftinbenC
iDte einige auf mir êrumfrabbetten, anbere midj necften, unb
ttjie i^ flc Itfteltc unb ein groge Ocfc^rei mit i^ncn erregte.
!3)er 2)o!tor, ber eine fe^r bogmatifcê S)ra^tpuppe i% utttcrm
mthtn feine SRanfdêtten in glatten legt unb einen rufel o^ne
iSnbe I}erau^}upft, fanb biefed unter ber Brbe eined gcf^ciben
Renfdên; bad merfte id^ an [einer 3la\t. Qi) lieg mi^ aber
in nid)td flrcn, (ieg il^n fc^r t^cmnftige adên abânbetu
unb baute ben inbem il^re Sartenûfer loieber, bie fie jer^
fdÎagen lâtten. ^nij gicng er barauf in ber @tabt êrum
unb bellagte: bed Hmtmannd înber mren fo fcôn ungejogen
genug, ber SBcrtljer erberbe fie nun t)Dig.
Qa, lieber S3i(ê(m, meinem êrgen ftnb bie înber am
nSd^flen auf ber 6rbe. SBenn i^ i^nen jufcê unb in bem
Keinen S)inge bie eime afler Sugenbcn, aflcr Grfte feê, bie
fie einmal fo ndtîg braudên nierben; n)enn xif in beut Stgeu''
flnne fnftige tanbâftigfeit unb gcjliglcit bed Sâraftcrd,
in bcm SBiut^mittcn guten $umor unb Sei^tigfeit, ber bie e
fahren ber SBctt lînjufdÎpfen, crbticfe, allc3 fo unuerborbcn, fo
gauj! immer, immer tt)ieberôIe x6) bann bie golbencn
SBorte bed ?c^rcrd ber 3Wcnfclên: SBenn i^r nic^t werbet ttjie
eined t)on bicfcn!" Unb nun, mein efler, fie, bie unfered
leidên fmb, bie n)ir aid unfere SDtuflcr anfeên foUten, be
ânbctn mir atd Untertlânen. ie foQen feinen SiUcn (}abcn !
âben mir bcnn feinen? Unb mo liegt bad SSorrcc^t?
2Bel( mir after ftnb unb gcfdêibcr! Outer ott Don bciucm
îmmel ! afte ^nber fte^fl bu unb j[unge Ainbcr unb nid)td
meitcr; unb an meieren bu mel^r reube lâfl, bad lât bein
o^n fôn lange Derfnbigt. lber fte glauben an i^n, unb
^jlren i^n nt^t bad ifl aud^ mad Sifted unb bilben tl^re
64 oetê $rofa
ftinber m) ft(^, unb %h\m, SBUêlm ! xf mag bacftlet
ntd)t iDctter rabottretu
Km 18. tCigsfL
SJiugte benn bad fo fein, bag bad, toad bed 3Renf(iên ((f
feUcjf eit madjt, toteber bte OueKe feuted (Slenbed luttrbe ?
S)ad DoUc, n)anne efil^l ntetned bergend an ber (ebcnbtgen
iRatur, bad nric^ mit fo Dieter SBonne berfhrmte, bad ringd
umêr bte 2Be(t mir }u einem $arabiefe fdûf, toirb mir j[e^t ju
einem unertrocên Reiniger, ju einem qulenben eifl, bee
mi^ auf aQcn Begen Dcrfolgt. ^cnn xi) fonfl Dom têlfen
ber ben f^tug bid ju jenen ^geln bad fruchtbare 2âl ber
fd)aute unb allt9 um mic^ êr leimen unb quellen \ai); mim ic^
iene Serge Dom ûge bid auf gum ipfel mit ô^cn, bid^ten
S3umen befleibet, j[cne 2:()ler in i^rcn mannigfaltigen firnu
mungen Don ben Iteb^flten 2B(bern befâttet fal), unb ber
fanfte tÎug 3roi|d)en hcn fpeinben 9to^ren baîn gleitete unb
bie lieben SBotfen abfpiegette, bie bcr fanfte lbenbminb am
$imme( herber miegte; menn ic^ bann bie Sdgel um mic^ btn
âtb beleben ^rte, unb bie )tiQionen SRdenfc^mmte im
leisten rotten tra^le ber @onne mutîg tankten, imb i^r letter
}U(f enber Slid ben fummenbcn ^fer and feinem rafe befreite;
unb bad c^toirren unb SEBeben um mic^ êr mi^ auf ben 93o
ben aufmerf fam machte, unb bad SRood, bad meinem lârten
têlfen feine 9}a^rung abgnîngt, unb ha enifle, bad ben br
ten anb^gel hinunter tuc^ft, mir bad innere, glênbe, f)tu
tige Seben ber 9}atur erffnete: xoit fagte td) bad aUt^ in mein
Tarmed $erj, fllte mic^ in ber berfliegenben t^Qe mie Der
gttert, unb bie êrrlidên eflalten ber unmbliên SEelt be
ttiegten ft^ aQbetebenb in meiner @eele. Ungeheure Serge
umgaben mic^, Slbgrnbe lagen Dor mir, unb BetterbUê flq
Sie Setben be jungen SBertêrd. 65

ten ênuitet^ bte ^tffe ftr5mten unter mir^ unb 2BaIb unb
ebirg crflang; unb id^ fa^ fte totrfcn unb f Raffen in etnanber
m ben Zicfen ber (Srbc, aQe bte unergtnblicên Grfte; unb
nun ber ber @rbe unb unter beut $tmmel mimmeln bte @e
fÎec^ter ber mannigfaltigen ef^pfe, atled, alle^ beDert
mit taufenbfaên eftalten; unb bie SRenfên bann fi^ in
lûÎein jufammen {tdêrn unb fic^ anuiften unb êrrfdên in
il^rem inne ber bie toeite SSSett ! Slrmer Xf)ox, ber bu atte fo
gering ad^teft, eif bu fo Hein bift. SJom un3ugngticên e*
birge ber bie SinSbe, bie lein tûg betrat, f>x9 and Snbe bed un
belannten Oceand toe^t ber Oeift bed (Smigfcâffenben unb freut
jld^ iebcd taubed, ber i^n emimmt unb lebt. Sld^, bamafe,
tuie oft \faht lij mic^ mit gittidên eined âni^d, ber ber mic^
^tnflog, ju bem Ufer bed ungemeffenen Reered gefeint, aud bem
fcûmenben Sccêr bed Unenblic^cn j[ene fîDeenbe Sebend
toonne 3U trinten unb nur einen Slugenblid, in ber cingefd^rnt^
ten raft meined Sufend, einen Krpfen ber efigfcit ht9 SBe*
fend JU fgten, bad aKcd in jtrf) unb burt^ fl(^ êrt)orbringt.
Sruber, nur bie Srinnerung jener tunben mad^t mir tooijl
elbfl biefe Snftrcngung, jene unfglidên cfÎc jurdt ju
tufen, ttjieber audjufpredên, êbt meine eelc ber jl^ fetbfl
mb lgt mic^ bann bad 93ange bed 3nctnbd boppelt empfin
ben, ber mic^ {e^t umgibt.
@d ât ftdfj t>or meiner eele mie ein Sorâng n)egge;ogen,
nnb ber câuplat^ bed unenbtic^cn gebend Dentianbelt flc^ Dor
mir in ben bgrunb bed eiig offnen rabd. annjH bu fagcn:
SD a d ifl! ba attcd Dorbcr gc^t ? ba aUcd mit ber SBcttcr*
fcftnctte orber rollt, fo fetten bie gan3c raft feincd 3)afeind
oudbaucrt, ad^ ! in ben trom fortgcriffen, untergctaud)t unb
m têlf en jerfd)mettert tuirb ? 2)a ift fein SugenblidE, ber nic^t
66 oct^cl> ^rofa.
hiij t)irje^rte nnt bte 2)eintgcn urn btc^ êr^ tein SugcnbdC, ba
bu nic^t ein 3^f^rer btft, fein ntugt; bcr âmtlofefte ^paîtu
gano f oflet taufenb armen SBrmcên bad lieben, t9 jerrttet ein
ûgtritt bie muffeligen ebube bet Smeifen unb flampft eine
tietne 3Se(t in ein fc^mÎidêd ra6 ! â | nid^t bie groge,
fettne 9iot^ ber 9BeIt, biefe ^fatten, bie eure S)j)rfer toegfp*
len, biefe (Scbbeben, bie eure @tbte t)erf^(ingen, rl^ren mid^;
mir untergrbt bad $er} bie t)erje^renbe âft, bie in bem 310
ber Statur t)erborgen liegt, bie nic^td gebilbet ât, bad ni^t
feinen ^lafbax, nic^t ftd^ felbfl jerflrte* Unb fo taumle id^
bengfligt, îmmel unb (Srbe unb i^re toebenben ftrftfte urn
mic^ êr: id^ feê nid^td, aid ein ett)ig erfc^fingenbed, ett)ig
toieberfnenbed Ungeheuer.
ICm JO. C^pUmbcc
3)ad nâr eine 9ta(^t ! SI&iV)tlm I iun fiberfleê id^ aDed I dd^
merbe fie nic^t toieber fe^n ! D, bag ic^ ni^t anbeinen $atd flie
gen, bir mit taufenb X^rnen unb (Snt}dhmgen andbrden faun,
mein 93efler, bie Smpfinbungen, bie mein $er} beflrmen I $ier
fi^ id^ unb fc^nappe nad^ Suft, fudê mi^ gn beruhigen, ertoarte
ben SRorgen, unb mit @onnenaufgang fmb bie ^ferbe befleQt.
m^, fie fc^tft rulîg unb benft nid^t, bag fte mic^ nie mieber
feên mirb. 3^ âbe mid^ lodgeriffen, bin flart genug ge
nêfen, in einem efpr^ t>on jn)ei Stunben mein Sorâben
nid^t }u t)erratên. Unb ott, xoclij ein efprftc^ I
tibert âtte mir Derfprodên, gleid^ nad^ bem Stac^teffen mit
{gotten im arten gu fein. Sfi) ftanb auf ber Xerraffe unter
ben ôên âflanienbumen unb fal^ ber onne nac^, bie mir
nun gum testen 3)2at ber bem liebltdên S^âte, uber bem fanften
tÎug untergieng. o oft âtte ic^ îer geflanben mit i^r unb
eben bem êrrKdên @âuf))iele gugefeên, unb nun 3db
!Dic Selben be {imflen SBSerl^cr. 61

gteng in bet fdlee auf unb ab, bie mir fo lieb mar; ein ge
lêimer f^mpatêtifciêr 3^9 W^^ ^^^ ^^^^ \^ ^f^ gehalten, eê
iij no^ Sotten lannte, unb tote freuten loir vai9, aid loir im
9(nfang unferer SJefanntfâft bie mec^fetfeitige Steigung ju bie
fem ^l^ên entbedten, bad loa^râftig etnd Don ben roman^
ttfc^ften ift, bie id) oon ber. Aunfl êroorgebrad^t gefeiten âbe*
(Srfl âfl bu ^tfcên ben Aaflanienbumen bie loeite 3{ud
P^t %ij, iij erinnere mx), id^ âbe bir, benP id), fôn oiel
baoon gefc^rieben, mie ôlê SJudênionbe einen enbtid^ ein
f^tiegen unb burd^ ein baranflogenbed S3odIet bie Mee immer
bfterer loirb, bid jule^t aQed ftc^ in ein gefdÎoffened $l^ên
enbigt, bad aQe dâuer ber Sinfamleit umfcîoeben. Sdj
fÎe ed nod), tote I)eimlid^ mir'd mar, aid i^ gum erflen 3RaIc
an einem ôên SRittage lîneintrat; id^ a^nete ganj leife, mad
fr ein (Sdjaupla^ bad nod^ loerben foDte oon @eligleit unb
@(^merj.
3^ âtte mi^ etma eine lâlbe tunbe in ben fd^ma^tenben,
fgen ebanlen bed lbfdêibend, bed SEBieberfeênd gemeibet,
aid id^ fie bie Sêrraffe ^crauffieigen ^9rte. Si) lief i^nen ent
gegen, mit einem (Schauer fagte id^ i^re $anb unb fgte fie.
Sir maren Atn êraufgetreten, aid ber Wlonh lînter bem
bufîgen $gel aufgieng; loir rebeten mand^crlei unb lamen
unoermertt bem bflem Kabinette nêr. Stte trat hinein unb
fe^te fid^, SIbert neben fie, id^ aud^; bod^ meine Unruhe lieg
mic^ ni^t lange ftên; ic^ flanb auf, trat oor fie, gieng auf unb
ab, fetzte mic^ loieber: ed mar ein ngftlidjer 3nftanb. @ie
mad^te und aufmerffam auf bie fd^ne SBtrIung ht^ SRonben
lic^ted, bad am @nbe ber Suênmnbe bie ganje !erraffe oor
mtd erleud^tete: ein êrrlidêr SInbltcf, ber um fo oiel fra))panter
ioar, meil und ringd eine tiefe S)mmerung einfd^tog. SBir
68 oetêd $rofa.
toaxtn fltD, unb fie fieng md) einer SBctIe cm: i,9l{ematt geê l^
im Ronbenlt^te fpaîeren, niemals, bag mir m<^t ber ebanle
an meine Serflorbenen begegnete, bag ntc^t bad ef^t t>on Xob,
bon 3^^^!^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^* ^^^ roerben fein!'' ful^r fte mit
ber (Stimme bed lêrrlic^flten efÎd fort; aber, 9Bertêr,
foKen loir und toieber finbcn ? toiebcr ertennen ? Sad a^nen
Sie? toadfagenSie?"
iotit,** fagte ic^, inbem ic^ i^r bie $anb reichte mtb mir bie
Sugen DoQ !^rnen tourben, n)ir n)erben und nîeber fe^n!
Iîer unb bort toiebcr fe^n !" 3(^ lonnte nic^t weiter reben
SSi(ê(m, mugte fle mic^ bad fragen, ba i^ biefen ngfilic^cn
9[bfîeb im êrjen âtte !
Unb ob bie lieben bgefcîebneit oon und toiffen," fu^r fle
fort, ob fte fgten, n)enn'd und toolÎ ge^t, bag loir mit toarmer
Siebe und i^rer erinnern? O bie eflaft meiner STOuttcr fd^toebt
immer um midj, menu i^ am fttQen 3(benb unter i^ren înbent,
unter meinen înbem fi^c unb fte um mid^ oerfammelt finb,n)ie
fte um fte oerfammett waren. SBenn idj bann mit einer fel^nenben
Zorane gen $immel f e^, unb wnf dê, bag fte lêreinf câuen fnnte
einen Sugenblid , wie id^ mein SBort âtte, H9 id^ i^r in ber @tun^
be bed lobed gab : iCie 5IKutter i^rer inber gu fein. SWit weldjer
(Smpftnbung rufe id^ aud: Sergeiê mir'd, Xêuerftc, wenn id^
i^nen nic^t bin, wad bu il^nen warft Ui^ ! tûe id^ boc^ aQed,
wad i^ fann; ftnb fte boc^ gefleibet, genhrt, a), unb wad me^t
ifi, a\9 bad atted, gepflegt unb getiebt. Snntefl bu unfere (Sin
tratet fe^cn, liebe êilige ! bu wrbefl mit bcm êigeflen Danle
ben @ott oerêrrlidên, ben bu mit ben (efjten bitterflen S^^rnen
um bie SBoÎfaM beiner inber batefH.''
@ie fagte bad ! ) SBitêlm, wer lann wieberôlen, wad fle
fagte I 933ie lann ber tatte, tobte SJud^flabe biefe îmmltfd^
SMc Selben be fungen SBertêr. 69

mtê be Oetjtc barfteDen ! albert pel i^r fanft in bie SRcbe:
(S3 greift Sie gu flarl an, liebc Sotte ! tc^ mcift, 3^re ccfe
^ngt fe^r na) bicfen 3bccn, aber ic^ bitte ic" D Sllbcrt,*
fagtc fie, id^ totx^ bu Dergigt nid^t bie Slbenbe, ha njir jufammen fagen an bent fteinen runben if^d)en, menn ber âpa
t)erreidt mar unb toir bie kleinen fdÎafen gefcîdt lâtten. Du
âtteft oft ein gnte 9u^ unb famfl )o fe(ten baju, titoa^ ju
lefen ar ber Umgang biefer êrrlicên ec(e nic^t mel^r a
aUcd? bie f^nc, fanfte, muntere unb immer t^tige f^rau!
@ott tennt meine X^rnen, mit benen i^ mi^ oft in meinem
Sette t)or i^n înnârf : er mchte mid^ i^r glei^ madden."
wSotte !" rief ic^ a\x9, inbem i^ mid) or fie Einwarf, i^re
$anb na^m unb mit taufenb S^l^rnen ne(}te, Stte ! ber egen
(Sottet ru^t ber bir unb ber Oeifl beiner SKutter!" SBenn
ie fie gelaunt Ratten,'' fagte pe, inbem flc mir bie ânb -.
brdtte, fie mar toert^, on tenen gcfannt ju fein !" 3d^ '*|i'glaubte ju t)erget)en. 3lk mar ein grere, ftoljere SBort
ber mi^ augefprod^cn morben unb jte ful^r fort: Unb
biefe ^rau mugte in ber Sttze i^rer da^re baîn, ba il^r
jngfler o^n nid^t fec^d SOtonate alt mar ! d^re Sranlêit
bauerte ni^t lange; fie mar ruîg, lîngegeben, nur il)re în^
ber traten i^r me^, befonberd bad kleine. Bie ed gegen bad
(Snbe gteng unb fie }u mir fagte: ^Bringe mir fie herauf, unb mie
td^ fie herein fhrte, bie kleinen, bie ni^t mugten, unb bie
Seltenen, bie o^ne inne maren, mie fie umd Sette {lanben,
unb mie fie bie $nbe aufhob unb ber fie betete unb fie lgte
nad^ einanbcr unb fie mcgfîdtte unb ju mir fagte: ei i^re
SKutter I Qij gab i^r bie ânb brauf. !I)u erfpridjfl t)iel,
meine Sod^ter, fagte pe, bad erj einer SWuttcr unb bad Slug*
einer SRutter. dd^ fâbt oft an beinen banibaren S^^rnen ge^
70 @octl)e ?rofa.
fc^cn, ba bu f^tjl, loa ba fei. $abe c3 fr bctnc e*
fd^wificr, uttb fr bcincn SSatcr bic SEreuc unb bot côrfam
ctncr grau. u iirfl i^n trflcn. @ie fragte nac^ i^m:
er tuar au9gegan(ên, um un9 ben unertrgUcêu Kummer ju
crbcrgen, bcn er fnfte; ber Rann tear ganj erriffcn.
Sllbcrt, bu arfl im îwimcr. ie ^rtc jemanb ge^n mtb
fragte unb forbcrte bid^ ju [lif, unb toie fte bid^ anfa^ unb mid^,
mit bem gctrjlcten, ruhigen Sliie, ba ir glilic^ fein, ûfam*
men gltfiic^ fein lorbcn" Sllbert fiel i^r um bcn $ate unb
fgte fie unb rief: îv finb e ! tir erben e fein !" S)er
ru()ige Gilbert n)ar ganj aud feiner tâffung, unb ic^ n)ugte
nic^t Don mir felbcr.
9Bcrtêr," fieng fie an, unb biefe ijrau fote baîn fein !
Ott ! n)enn id^ manchmal benfe, mt man ba^ Iiebf!e feinet
?cben n)egtragen lt unb nicmanb ate bie inber ba fo fdârf
fÎt, bie fic^ noc^ lange beflagten, bie fc^marjen SOtnner Ratten
bie 9Kama njeggetragen."
(Sie flanb auf, unb tc^ toarb tttott unb erfd^ttert, blieb
Ptjen unb îelt i^rc ânb. S33ir wollen fort,'' fagte pe, e9
toirb Qtit** (Sie tote i^rc ânb jurd jieên, unb id^ îelt fie
fcfler. SBir toerbcn un tieber fel^n,** rief id^, toir totthm
vm9 flnben, unter aUen eflalten njerben n)ir und erlennett
9ij geê," fu^r ic^ fort, id^ geê tillig, unb bod^, tenn id^
fagcn foHte, auf etoig, ic^ tirbe e nid^t aushalten. 2tV o^C
gotte! ?cb' hjo^l, Sllbert! S35tr fe^n un toieber." Kor
gen, benfe ic^," Derfetjte fie fcêrjcnb. Qi) fllte ba SKor^
gen! ?ld^, fie njute nic^t, ate fie i^re anb au ber meinen jog
Sie giengen bie Stttce lînau, id^ flanb, fa^ iûen nad^ im
SD?onbfcêine unb njarf mic^ an bie @rbe unb njeinte mic^ aud
imb fprang auf unb lief auf bie êrraffe êrtor unb fal^ noc(
n rief au6 ber @(^tt)dj. U

bort unten im dritten ber ôên Smbenbftunte t^r tt)etged
Aletb naii ber artent^r^ fûmnem, id^ fhedte meine 9rme
mt9, unb ed t)erfd^n)anb.
Stn S3rtef and ber @(i^)iietj*

<8enf, ben 27. Ottober.
jDte groge Serglette, bie t)on 9afe( bid enf @^toet} unb
ântrct^ (Reibet, lotrb, lote dienen befannt if!, ber 3ura ge
nannt !3)ie grgten $ên bat)on jteên ftd^ ber Saufanne 6id
ungefhr ber, {Rotte unb 9?Qon. auf biefcm ^d)flen SKtiden ifl
ein mertorbige 2âl Don ber 9?atur eingegraben ic^ mchte
fagen eingefd^memmt, ba auf aOen biefen âl^ên bie 2Bir
hingen ber uralten ettjffer fl^tbar fmb ba0 ta SJattc be
dou^ genannt tt)irb, ttieldêr 9{ame, ba dou^ in ber Sanbfpradê
einen Reifen ober Serg bebeutet, bcutfd) bad Sergtâl îege.
(^ id^ gur S8ef(^rci6ung unfrer Steife fortgebe, itt i^ mit
toenigem bie Sage beffelben geograp^tfd) angeben @eine
Snge ftreic^t, toit bad ebirg fe(6fl, giemlic^ Don SRittag gegen
SRittemad^t unb mirb an jener @eite oon ben (Sept aonceld,
an biefer oon ber 3)ent be SJauIion, lodere nad^ ber !3)oIe ber
^^f!e i))fe( bed dura ifl, begrenjt unb ât nad^ ber @age
bed Sanbed neun eine, nad^ unfrer ungefhren {Reifered^nung
aber fe^d flar!e tunben. !3)er 93erg, ber ed bie Snge în an
ber 3)2orgenfeite begrenjt unb auc^ Don bem fladên Sanb herauf
ftd^tbar ijl, êit Se Sioir SKont. (Segen Slbcnb ftrcic^t ber
tifou în unb Derliert ftc^ attmÎig gegen bie i^rand^cSomt6.
granfrei^ unb Sem t^cilcn fid^ jiemtid^ gleid^ in biefed Sâl^
fo bag iened bie obere fdÎe^te ^tfte unb biefed bie untere
kffere (cfl^t, loeldê leitete etgentdb Sa SaO^ bn Sac be dou}

genannt loirb. ang oben in bent âl, gegen ben ^ng bee
@e))t SRoncete, ttegt ber Sac bed 9{ouffed, bet feinen ftc^tlicên
einjelnen Urfprung ijat, fohbem fid^ and queQtgent Soben unb
ben berall audlanfenben Smnnen fammclt. Sind bemfelbcn
fliegt bie Drbe, bnrc^fhetc^t bad ganje franjofifdê unb einen
groen êil bed 93emer ebictd, bid fie ieber unten, gegen
bie 3)ent be Kaution ft^ gum Sac be doujc bilbet, ber feitmrtd
in einen Keinen ee abfftUt, nôraud bad 3Baffer enblic^ ft^
unter ber 6rbe Dertiert. Die Srcitc bed 2:âted ifl Dcrfdîcben,
oben beim Sac bed 9touffed etttia cine âtbe @tunbc, aldbann
verengert ftd^'d unb tauft tt)icber unten aud einanber, tt)0 tixoa
bie grte breite anbcrtlâtb @tunbcn urirb. o tiicl gum bef^
fern Scrflnbni bed tôlgcnben, n)obei idj @ie einen ^lid auf
bie Aarte gu tf^vai bitte, ob iij fte glcid^ ade, tt)ad biefe cgenb
betrifft, unri^tig gefunben fâtt.
S)en 24. >tL ritten loir, in SScgleitung eined $au))tmannd
unb JDberforffaneiflerd biefer egenben, crftlid^ SDtont înan,
einen ficinen gerftreutcn Ort, ber eigcnttiêr cine ette oon
9tti* unb Sanbûfem genannt merben fnntc. 2)ad SBctter

mar fe^r ^cd; mir lâttcn, menu mir und umlel^rten, bie Sudftd^t
auf ben enferfee, bie @at)0Qer unb SBaIIidebirgc, lonnten
Saufanne ericnncn unb bur^ einen leidsten 97ebe( auc^ bie t*
genb oon enf. 3)er 9Ront 93Ianc, ber ber atle cbirge bed
âucigni ragt, fam immer me^r êrtior. 3)ie onnc gieng
Har unter; cd mar fo ein groer ûbtidF, ba ein mcnfd^d)
S(ugc nic^t bagn înrcic^t. !3)cr faft t)oIIe 9)?onb fam herauf
unb mir immer ^êr. urd^ tJi^tenmlbcr fliegen mir mciter
ben 3ura înan unb fallen ben @ce im !3)uft unb ben SBieber
fc^cin bed SDtonbd barin. Sd mrbe immer Icdet 2)er Beg
n rief au bar d^wcij 73

t{l eine molÎgema^te Sâuffee, nur angelegt um bad $oI} avi9
htm ebirg becfuemer in bad Sanb herunter ju bringen. 2Bit
loaren tt)oÎ brei @tunben gefiiegen, aid ed întein^rtd fachte
koieber înabjugeên anfieng. 3Bir glaubten unter und einen
grogen @ee }u erbltdeUr inbeut ein tiefer 9?ebe( bad ganje Xf)al
koad mir berfeên fonnten, audfdte. SEir fanten i^m enbli^
nfiêr, fallen einen meinen SSogen, ben ber 3Ronb barin bilbete,
nnb tourben balb ganj t)om 3ltbtl eingenîdelt. !3)ie Segleitung
bed âuptntannd tierfdâffte und Ouartier in einem $aufe, n)0
man fonfi nidjt gxembe aufjune^men pflegt. @d untcrfd)ieb
ft(^ in ber innem Sauart t)on gen)D^nIi(ijen cbuben in nid^td,
ab bag ber groge 9{aum mitten inne jugleic^ Snijt, Serfamm
(ttngd$Ia^, Sorfaal ifl unb man t)on ba in bie 3intnter glei
êr (Srbe unb aud^ bie Zxtppt hinauf ge^t luf ber einen
@eite koar an htm Soben auf fleinemen platten bad $euer ajt
gejnbet, bat)on ein totittx dômflein, mit Srettem bauerâft
unb fouber audgef erlagen, ben 9tau(^ aufnahm, du ber Sde
maren bie Spreu }u ben SadEfen, ber ganje tûPoben bri^
gend gebielet, bid auf ein fleined Sdcên am tênfler um ben
@plflein, bad gepflafiert mar; brigend ringd êmm, auc^ in
ber $ê ber ben Salfen, eine Renge âudratl^ unb ert^
fcâften in fd^ner )rbnung angebracht, aUt9 nid^t unreind^
gelâlten.
2)en 25. 9Rorgend mar lêHed lalted SBetter, bie SBiefen be
reiftr îer unb ba jogen teid^te 9{ebet: mir bunten ben untern
Xf^dl ht9 Sâld jiemlid^ berfeên, unfer $aud lag am fûg bed
ftlicên 9{oir Kont. egen Sdjte ritten mir ab unb, um ber
onne gleid^ ju geniegen, an ber Sbenbfeite în. !3)er S^êil
bed jâld, an bem mir Einritten, befleit in abgetlêilten 3Bie>
fen, bie gegen ben @ee ju etmad funtpfid^ter merben SDie JOrbc
74 octe ?rofa.
fliegt In ber SRttte burd^. 2)te SintDo^ner âben f{d^ têite m
einzelnen $&ufem an ber @ette angebaut têtl^ flnb fie in
3)rfem nêr jufanmiengercft, bie einfdle Seamen Don i^rer
Sage fhren. 2)ad erfle, mobnrd) loir lamen, toax Se entier.
SBir faên oon loeitem bie ^tnt be Saution ber einem 97ebe(^
ber auf bent ee {lanb, lêroorbtidFen. SDad Stâl loarb breiter,
n)tr famen Winter einem êtegrat ber un$ ben ee Oerbedte,
burc^ ein anber 3)orf, Se Sieu genannt bie 9?ebel ftiegen unb
fielen n)e(^fel9loeife oor ber @onne. $ier nahebei ifl ein Keiner
(See, ber feinen ^n^ unb Sbflug ju âben fcêint. 2)a$ SBet
ter ftarte ftc^ oolltg auf, unb tt)ir famen gegen ben gûg ber
SDent be Saulian unb trafen îer and nrbticê (^nbe bed grogen
eed, ber, inbem er ftc^ loeffaoartd nênbet, in ben fleinen bun^
einen !3)amm unter einer Srde tt)eg feinen Sudflug ât. 2)ad
S)orf brben êigt Se $ont SDie Sage bed fleinen (Seed tfl mie
in einem eigenen fleinen Stlâl, load man nieblic^ fagen fann.
8(n bem n)e{ltt(ên Snbe tfl eine merfiorbige iDtÎe in einer
êldfluft angebrad^t, bie elêmald ber fleine @ee audfKte.
9{unme^r tfl er abgebmmt unb bie 9)2^(e in bie 5tiefe gebaut
SDad Staffer luft burc^ cÎeufen auf bie 9i&ber, ed {ltjt fid^
oon ba in fêtdri^n, loo ed eingcfcÎudCt loirb unb erfl eine
@tunbe pon ba in Salorbe êroorfommt loo ed loieber ben 9la
men ht9 JOrbefluffed fhret 3)iefe lbjge (entonnoirs) muffen
rein gesotten loerben, fonfl n)rbe ha9 Baffer fleigen, bie Alufl
n)ieber audfuOen imb ber bie SDtÎe njeg geên, n)ie ed fôn
mc^r gefdêên ifl. ie loaren flarf in ber Arbeit begriffen,
ben morfcên alffelfen têild loegjufd&affen, têild gu befejli*
gen. SBir ritten jurdE ber bie S3r(fe nad^ $ont nahmen
ttncn 9Begtt)cifer auf Sa ent 3m uffleigen faên loir
nunmel^r ben groen (See oQig Winter und. )flio&rtd tfl ber
n rief au bcr c^roclj- 75

iRoir SRottt feine (Stenje, jointer bent ber laÎe t))fel ber 2)o(e
lêrt)ortommt; njeflmrtd îelt t^n ber têl^rden, ber .qeg'en ben
@ee ganj nadt i% jufammen S)ie @onne fd^ten êtg, t9 toot
2n)tfd]en @tf unb SRittag. iRac^ unb nac^ berfaên mir ha
ganje Xifat, fonnten in ber fême ben Sac bed 9touffed erfen
nen unb loeiterîn bid ju unfern trgen bie egenb, burd^ bie
toir gefommen n)aren, unb ben SBeg, ber und rdttirtd no(^
berblieb, (hn aufzeigen turbe on ber groen trerfe San*
bed unb ben êrrfcâften, l)ie man oben unterfdêiben fnnte,
gefprodên, unb in fotdên eban!en betraten mir ben @ipfe(;
aQein und loar ein anber @(âuf))ie( gubereitet 9?ur bie
ôlên ebirgd!etten maren unter einem Raren unb Reitern
îmmel fic^tbar, aQe niebem egenben mit einem meigen loot
tigen 9}ebe(meer berbedCt, bad ftd^ oon enf bid norbiortd an
ben ôrijont erflrecfte unb in ber (Sonne glnjte. 3)araud ftieg
ofhortd bie ganje reine 9teiê aUer c^nee unb (Sidgebirge,
^ne Unterfdîeb t)on Stamen ber SJlfer unb ^rfien, bie fte ju
befttên glauben, nur einem groen $erm unb beip S3IidC ber
@onne unterworfen, ber fie fc^n rottete. SDer 3Jlmi Slanc
gegen und ber fcîen ber pd^fle, bie (Sidgebirge ht^ Ballid
unb bed Oberlanbed folgten, jute^t fcÎoffen niebere Serge bed
Santond Sem. @egen Sbenb loar an einem $Iaê bad 9}e
belmeer unbegrenjt; gur Sinlen in ber loeitflen $eme geigten
fld^ fobann bie @ebirge Don @o(otûm, nêr bie t)on 9{euf(^
tel, gleich Dor und einige niebere @i))fe( bed 3ura; unter und
(agen einige Kufer t)on Saulion, balîn bie 2)ent gel^drt unb
baêr ben 97amen lât. @egen %6enb fcÎiegt bie f^randê
Somt6 mit fiac^fheiênben loalbigen Sergen ben gangen $ori^
gont, motion ein eingiger gang in ber ême gegen 9?orbmejl fid^
nnterfîeb. rab ab mar ein fd^ner SnbdC* îer t{l bif
76 Ooet^c $rofo.
Sptê, bie btefem tpfe( ben Sflamcn euted 3^^^^ 9^^^* %
ge^t fhU itnb eêr ettoa^ einturtd hinunter, in ber S^tefe festlegt
ein Ileined $id^tentlâl an mit fd^nen ra^pltên; gtetc^ brfi^
ber liegt bad âl, 93aIorbe genannt, )vo man bie )r6e and
bem iêlfen lommen fte^t unb rdtt^Srtd jum fteinen ee i^ren
nnterirbifcên Sauf in ebanfen Derfolgen lann. S)ad tbt*
..^, cên Salorbe liegt au^ in biefem XfâL Ungern fcîeben njir.
^ (Einige @tunben lngeren ûfentâltd, inbem ber 9!e6e( um
biefe 3ît ftd^ gu jerftrenen pflegt, Ratten und bad liefere Sanb
mit bem ee entbedfen laffen; fo aber mugte, bamit ber enug
kôtlfommen merbe, no^ etttiad ju ttjnfd^cn brig bleiben. Ub^
tDftrtd Ratten loir unfer ganged S^âl in aDer ^(arlêit Dor und^
ftiegen bei ônt gu $ferbc, ritten an ber Oflfcite ben ee în
auf, !amen burc^ FSlbbaê be 3ouj, clcêd jcljt ein orf ifi,
elêmald aber ein @i^ ber eifllidên tt)ar, benen bad gange
Xfâl guge^5rte. @egen Siere langten loir in unferm SBirt^d
lâud an unb fanben ein 6ffen, n)ot)on und bie SBirtlîn t^n*
fieberte, bqg ed um SDtittag gut geioefen fei, aber aud^ bergar
trefpic^ fd^mcrfte.
SDag id^ no(^ eintged, toie man mir ed ergÎt, îngufge
SBie id^ eben ermhnte, foQ eêbem bad 2;â( SDJncên gebort
âben, bie ed bann loieber tiereingelt, unb gu ^tittxt ber Stefor^
mation mit ben brigen audgetrieben iporben. de^t gehrt ed
gum Santon S3em unb finb bie ebirge bann bie ôlgfammer
ton bem â^d bc SSaub. SDie meinen ^lgcr finb ^riatbe*
fiûngen, totvhtn unter Suffld^t gefdÎ(tgen unb fo ind Sanb ge
fahren* 2luc^ toerbcn lîcr bie aubcn gu pc^tencn Raffern
gefd^nittcn, Simcr, S3ottidê unb acrtei l^lgeme cfc tier*
fertiget. 3)ie Scute fmb gut gcbilbet unb gefittet. 9?cbcn bem
$olgt)erIauf treiben fle bie Sie^gud^t; fie âben Reined $ie^
gin Sricf an^ bcr c^tDeij. tt

mtb tnaên gttte jtftfe. ie ftnb gefd^Sfttg, unb ein (Erbfcôt
(en ifi i^ncn Did totxtf), SQSir fanben einen, bcr bie toenige
avL9 einem robben aufgettjorfene Srbe mit $fevb unb arren
tn einige Vertiefungen eben berfelben SBiefe fhrte, 5)ie
Steine legen fte forgfltig jufammcn unb bringen fie auf fleine
Raufen. @ finb iele teinfc^leifer îer, bie fr (Senfer unb
anbere ôuffeute arbeiten, mit tM)tm Srmerb fi(^ aud^ bie
girauen unb înber befd^ftigen. !3)ie ûfer finb bauerâft
itnb fauber gebaut, bie ôrm unb Einrichtung nac^ bem 99e
brfni ber Oegenb unb ber Settjol^ner; or {ebem âufe luft
ein Srunnen, unb burdâu fprt man %iti^, JR^rigleit unb
SEBoÎflanb. Ueber aQed aber mug man bie fc^nen SEBege
greifen, fr bie, in biefen entfernten '(Segenben, ber taub S3em,
iQie burc^ ben ganjen brigen (Danton, forgt. (S6 ge^t eine
(Sâuffee um bad ganje Zijai lêrum, nid^t bermig breit,
aber looÎ unterhalten, fo bag bie Sinmo^ner mit ber grSgten
Sequemlid^teit i^r (Seioerbe treiben, mit fteinen ^ferben unb
leidsten SBagen fortfommen lnnen. ie 8uft ift fe^r rein unb
gefunb.
Den 26. loarb beim JJr^ftdt berlegt, tAijm S35eg man

gurd nehmen moQe. !Ca loir ^5rten, bag bie SDoIe, ber ^d^fle
ipfel be 3ura, nid)t toeit Don bem obem (Snbe be Xâl9
liege, ba ba S35etter fid^ ouf ba ên'Iic^Pe anlie unb tolt
ôRen lonnten, toa un3 geflem noc^ gefehlt, êute Dom (cf
aOc ju erlangen, fo tourbe baîn ju gcên bcfcÎoffen. 9Bir
padften einem SBoten fe, Sutter, rot unb SQJein auf unb rit
ten gegen d^te ab. Unfer SBeg gieng nun burdj ben obern
Iêil be3 Iâte in bem (f)atten be ?Roir 9Kont în. (S
toax \ti)v !alt, âtte gereift unb gefroren; n)ir Ratten no^ eine
@tunbe im 93emifên }u reiten, ido fid^ bie gâuffee, bie man
Y8 ' (Sotttft^ $rofa.

eben }tt (Snbe bringt abfc^netben lotrb. S)ttrd^ einen Kcinfn
fî^tcntoalb rcften mir ind franj5ftfcê ebiet ein. $ter Der
finberte ftd^ ber @d)au)){at} fe^r. 3Ba^ mir juerfl benterhen,
maren bie fd^te^ten SBege. 3)er SSoben ifl fe^r fleinig, berall
Gegen fe^r groge Raufen jufammen gelcfen; mieber ifl er ctned
%fic\ fe^r morafHg mtb queHig; bie 2Ba(bungen unt(}er ftnb
fe^r ruinirt; ben Kufern unb Sinmo^nem fte^t man, ic^ mid
nid^t fagen SRanget, aber hoi) balb ein fe^r enged Sebvfnig
an. @ie gehren fafi aid Seibeigne an bie (Sânonici Don @t.
Stanbe, fte ftnb an bie Srbe gebunben, Diete Slbgaben liegen anf
t^nen (sujets la mam morte et au droit de la suite),
moDon mnblid^ ein nte^rered, mie auc^ Don bent neuflen Sbift
bed ft5nigd, mobun^ bad droit de la suite aufgelôben mtrb, bie
(Sigent^mer unb S3e{têr aber eingelaben merben, gegen ein ge^
miffed elb ber main morte ju entfagen. 3)oclb ifl aud^
biefer 2:êil bed 2:âld fe^r angebaut. ie nhren ftc^ nt^
fam unb (ieben boc^ i^r SJaterlanb fe^r, {le^(cn gelegentti^ ben
Semem $oIj unb Derfaufen'd mieber ind ?anb. 2)er erfle
Sprenget êigt Se Soid b'^mont, burd^ ben mir in bad Sixd)^
fpiel Sed 9iouffed lamen, mo mir ben fleinen Sac bed Siouffed
unb $t9 @e))t SKonceld, fteben Keine, Derfcîebeu gcftak
tete unb Derbunbene $get, bie mittgige renjc bed %i:ia%
Dor und faên. SBir lamen batb auf bie neue @tvagc,
bie and bem â\)9 be $aub nadj $arid f^rt; mir folgten ii)r
cine 3Bei(e abmrtd unb maren nunmehr Don unfevm 7âlc ge
fdîeben; ber laÎe Oipfel ber S)oIe lag Dor und,jt)ir fliegen ab,
unfere ^ferbe gogen auf ber trage Dovaud nad) <Zt Scrgucd,
unb mir fliegen bie IDoIe lînan. @d mar gegen )îttag, bie
onne fdîen êi, aber cd med^felte ein Il)ter Rittagdmiub.
SBeun mir, audjuruên, und umfaên, Ratten mir Sed @ep1
in Srtct an^ Der (^cij* 79

SDtoacete hinter und, tt)ir fa^cn no^ einen Slêtl bed !?ac bed
Kouffed unb um t^n bte jerftreuten Kufer bed irc^fpield; bei
92oir 9Ront becfte und bad brige ganje Zâl; ^êr faên mit
mieber ungef^r bie gefhige 3(udft^t in bie ^ran(lê@ontte, unb
nêr bei und, gegen Rittag, bie legten Serge unb S^^ler ht^
3ura. Sorgfltig hteten ttjir und, nic^t bur^ einen Sug bet
$ge( und nad^ ber egenb umjufeên, um berentwillen mir
eigentlich herauf fliegen. 3c^ mar in einiger @orge megen ht9
9!e6eld, boc^ jog i^ aud ber eflalt ht^ obem îmnteld einige
gute Sorbebeutungen SBir betraten enbd^ ben obem ipfel

unb faên mit grgtem Vergngen und êute gegnnt, mad
und gejlem lêrfagt mar. 'S)a ganje $aQd be $aub unb
bc q: (ag mie eine ^ûrlarte unter und, ade Sefiûngett
mit grnen 3&uneK abgefc^nitten, mie bie S3eete eined $ar
terred. SBir maren fo ôc^, bag bie $ên unb 93ertiefungen
bed Dorbem Sanbed gar uid^t erfcîenen. !Drfer, Stbtc^cn
Sanbûfer, Beinberge, unb ^êr herauf, mo Satb unb %\ptn
angeben, (Sennhtten, meiflend meig unb êQ angeflricên,
leu^teten gegen bie @onne. Som iêmaner @ee âtte fid^ ber
9tebel fôn jurdgejogen, mir faên ben nd^flen Sêit an ber
bieffeitigen fle beutli^; ben fogenannten f (einen (See, mo
ftd^ ber groge ticrenget unb gegen enf juge^t, bem mir gegen
ber maren, berbtidten mir gan3, unb gegenber flrte ftd^ bad
Sanb auf, bad i^n einfcÎiegt Sor allem aber beâ))tete
lnbtid ber bie @id^ unb Sd^neeberge feine ^tijU
feilten und t)or ber fllen Suft in (Scûf^ hinter %i
und t)on ber @onne befdêinen, bad Sffen unb Sirinfen fd^medte
trefflic^. SBir foên bem Slebel }u, ber ft^ nac^ unb na^ Der
}og; ieber entbedFte etmad, ober glaubte etmad ju entbeden
iStr faên na^ unb nad^ Saufanne mit aKen artenûfem
lrte ttd) bad

jâl?tete bet ^ K
e^te, mx j
reifen, liegen '
80 oetbed $rofa.
mnêr, Sea^ unb ba @dÎog Don S^tOon ganj beutlid^, bad
ebtrg, bad und ben Umgang t)on SBalltd Derbedte, bid in ben
ee, ))on ba, an bet @aDoQer ^fle, 6t)ian, 9tt))aiIIe, 2:onon;
SDrfcên unb âuddên jn)tfdên tnne; enf lam enbfid^ red^td
auc^ and bent 9iebel, aber metier gegen Rittag, gegen ben
SRont &6bo unb SDJont Sauere, too bad ôrt be P@clufe tnne
liegt P& ^^ r^4 g^^ ntc^t meg. SBenbeten mir und mieber
tinfd, fo lag bad ganje Sanb Don Saufanne bid olotûm in
leichtem Duft. 3)ie nhern Serge unb $ên, aud^ ailed, mad
meige $ufer lâtte, tonnten mir erfcnnen; man geigte und bad
d^tog Eânpan blinfen, bad Dom 9?euburger ee Unid liegt,
moraud mir feine Sage mut^magen, i^n aber in bem blauen
3)uft nic^t crfennen fonntcn. @d flub leine SBorte fr bie
rge unb d)ne biefed Snbltdd; man ifl ft^ im ûgenblidt
felbft faum bcmugt, bag man ftcl^t, man ruft pc^ nur gem bie
Seamen unb alten eflalten ber befannten @tbte tmb Orte
gurd unb freut fic^ in einer taumelnben rfenntnig, bag bad
eben bie mcigen fnfte pub, bie man t)or pd^ ât.
Unb immer mieber gog bie Steige ber gtnjenben Sidgebirge
bad Slug unb bie eele an pc^. ic onne mcnbcte pd^ mc^r
gegen Slbcnb unb erlcud^tete il^re grgcm ^W^cn gegen und gu,
ôn mad om ec auf fr fdftmarge JJcldrcfen, S^^^^r
I^rme unb aRaucm in iclfac^cn SKciên or i^ncn aufPei*
gen, mitbe, ungeheure, unburi^bringfic^cSSor^fc bilben! menu
pe bann erp fclbp in ber Sicin^cit unb Slar^cit in ber freien
Suft mannigfaltig ba liegen; man gibt ha gem j[cbe ^rtcnpon

and Unenblicê auf, ha man nid^t einmal mit bem @nblid)en
im 3lnfd)auen unb @eban!en fertig mcrbcn fann.
S3or und fa^cn mir ein fruc^tbared bcmof;ntcd Sanb; ber So*
ben, morauf mh: punben, ein ôêd, failed ebirge, trgt noc^
(Sin {Brief au ber @(^tt)d}. 81

&xa9, gutter fr 5i:îcrcr Don bencn bcr SWcnjt^ Siutjcn jtc^t
a fann flc^ bcr cinbilbifc^c $err bet SBcIt nocft gueignen;
aber jme flnb tote cine ^ctligc SRci^c t)on Jungfrauen, bic bcr
etfl be întntcte in unjugngltdên cgenben, loox unfern .^\
ugen, fr fld^ aUcin in ctoigcr Sicin^cit aufbctoa^rt. SBit
bliebrn unb rcijten einanbcr tocd^feldtoctfc, Stbte, S3erge unb
cgenbcn batb mit bloem uge, balb mit bem lelcffo^) gu
entbedCen, unb giengen nid^t elêr abtortd, at bid bic @onne
im SBcic^cn ben 9?cbcl -feinen benbâud^ fiber ben ce breiten
lieg. SBir lamen mit @onnenUntergang auf bic 9tuinen be9
Sort be @t. Sergued. %xii nailer am Zfjol toaren unfre ugen
nur auf bic Sidgebirge gegenber gerid^tet. !Die (et^ten^ IinT9
im Oberlanb, fîencn in einen leichten geuerbampf aufju
fd^meljen; bie nd^flen fianben nod^ mit too^tbeftimmten rotten
(Seiten gegen und, âd^ unb nad^ tourben {enc toeig, grn,
grautid^. @d fa^ fafl Sngfllidfj and SSJie ein gctoaltiger A9r
per Don ugen gegen bad êrj ju abflirbt, fo erblagten alle
langfam gegen ben SKont Slanc ju, bcffen toeiter Sufcn nod^
immer rotl^ herber glnjtc unb anij jutc^t und no^ einen rdtl^
lid^cn dêin ju behalten festen, toie man ben Sôb bed (Seeb^
ten nid^t gteid^ befenncn unb ben ugcnbtidf, too bcr $uld gu
fdÎagcn auf(}5rt, nid^t abfd^ncibcn toiQ. ^nij nun giengen toir
ungern tocg. S)ic ^fcrbc fanbcn toir in @t. Eergued, unb bag
ni^td fc^tc, pieg ber SDJonb auf unb leud^tctc und nad^ Sfltjon,
inbcg untcrttjcgcd unfcre gefpannten innen pdj toicbcr licbU^
entfalteten, toicbcr frcunbt^ tourben, um mit frifdjcr Suft and
ben ênflem bed SBirtl^dâufcd ben brcitfd^toimmcnbcn SBicbcr
glanj bed SDlonbed im ganj reinen @ee geniegcn ju Uvaun.
88 @oet|e ôfa.
ôTtentfdie 92etfe.
Son, ben l. KoDen^cr, 17M.
Snbli^ fann ic^ ben aWunb auftûn imb meine ^Jreunbc mlf
gro^fmn begren. SJergicên fei mir ba @eeimni unb bic
gleid^fam untcrirbifcê SReifc îerêr ! aum wagte i^ wir felbfl
ju fagcn, tooîn it^ gieng; felbfl unterioeg frd^tete id^ no^
imb nur unter bcr $orta bet $opoIo ar iij mir getoife, 9iom
}u âben.
Unb lagt mid^ nut^ ani^ f agen, bag id^ taufenbmal, [a bcfliu
big eurer gcbenfe, in ber 9?ê b e r egenflnbe, bie idj aHein
}u feên niemals glaubte. 92ur, ba id^ j[ebemtann mit Seib unb
ee(e in Sterben gefeffctt, aQe Slnmutûng nad^ bicfen egen
ben tierfc^njunben fa^, fonnte ic^ mic^ entf^tiegen, einen langen
cinfamcn SBcg ju madden unb ben 5Kittetpunft ju fud^cn, nat^

bem mic^ ein unmiberjle^tidê^ Sebrfnig înjog. da, bie
legten da^re tt)urbe ed eine ^rt t)on Aranfêit, Don ber mi(^
nnr ber %nhM unb bie egennârt Reiten lonnte. 3e^t barf
t^ t9 gefielen: julet^t burff id^ fein lateinifc^ Suc^ me^r am
feên, leine S^^^^^^S ^^^^ itatienifcên egenb. !3)ie 93e
gierbe, biefed Sanb ju feên, tt)ar berreif: ba fie befriebigt ifi,
merben mir ^reunbe unb 93atertanb. erfl kuieber rec^t aud bem
@runbe (ieb unb bie 9{dtfe^r n7nfcênd)t)ert^, j[a um beflo
tvnfdêndnjertêr, ba id^ mit @icêrêit empftnbe, bag id^ fo
tiiele @d^ê nid^t ju eigenem Seftt} imb $rit>atge6raud^ mit^
bringe, fonbem bag fie mir unb anbem burd^d ganje Seben }iir
Seitung unb ^drbemig bienen follen
3a, xA bin enbliA in biefer âuptflabt ber SBelt angelangt 1
3tocmf(^c 5Rcife- 88
Settn td^ fie in guter Seglettung, angefhrt t)on einem red^t
Dcrflnbigcn SDJanne, or funfje^n Oo^ren gcfcên ^tte, toolltc
id6 niid^ glid^ preifen. oQtc tc^ ftc aber allein, mit eige^
nen Singen feên unb bcfudên, fo ijl e gut, ba mir biefc
(Jreube fo fpt ju 2;êil toarb.
Ucb^r ba Kroler cbirg bin ic^ gleic^fam Weggeflogen.
Serono, SJicenja, âbua, SSenebig âbe ic^ gut, gerraro, Scnto,
Sotogna p^tig unb ^t^renj laum gefeên. ie Segierbe,
nac^ 3lom gu lommcn, toar fo grofi/ njuc^ fo fe^r mit jebem
SugenblidEe, ba fein leiben me^r wax unb ii) mxi) nur brei
tunben in fjforenj auff)ielt. 9?un bin ic^ ier unb ruîg unb,
toie e^ fcêint, auf mein ganje Seben beruhigt. 35enn e ge^t,
man barf ttjofjl fagen, ein neue ?eben an, enn man ba anje
mit ?lugen fie^t, ba man têilttjeife in* unb auSmenbig lennt.
Htte rume meiner 3ugenb fe^' x6) nun lebenbig, bie erflen
Rupferbilber, bereu ic^ mic^ erinnere mein Sater âttc bic
^rofpefte t)on 9lom auf einem Sorfaale aufgehngt fe^'
xif nun in Sa^rêit, unb alle, loa xij in emlben
mib Âi)nvinQtn, upfern unb ôljfd^nitten, in ip9 unb
jtorl fcôn lange gefannt, fielet nun beifammen Dor mir;
tooîn iij geê, ftnbe iij eine Sefanntfdjaft in einer neuen
Selt; e ifl alle, xoit xij mir' backte, unb alle neu. @ben
fo fann ic^ Don meinen Seobad^tungen, t)on meinen dbeen
fagen, S) lâbe leinen ganj neuen ebanfen gelâbt, nic^t
ganj fremb gefunben, aber bie alten flnb fo benimmt, fo
lebenbig, fo jufammen^ngenb geworben, bag fie fr neu ge&
ten lnnen.
S)a $t)gmalion (Sfife, bie er fid^ ganj nad) feinen Snfcên
geformt unb i^r fo t)iel Sa^rlêit unb S)afein gegeben âtte,
al ber Attnfller Dermag, enbli^ auf i^n juTam unb fagte: ddj
84 oete9 $rof(u
Btn'd! lote anberd toax bie Sebenbige ate bet gebUbetc
teiiu
S93tc ntoralifc^ ^ctlfam tfl mir ed banu anij, unter einem gang
fmnc^cn SSoe ju tcbcn, ber ba fo tjici iRcbtn^ unb d^rei*
bcn x% ba jcbcr grembc nod^ bcm SRagflabe bcurt^cilt, ben
er mitbringt ! Qij t)er2etê j[ebem, ber fie tabelt unb fîlt; fie
fie^n gu mit t)on und ab, unb aid ((rember mit i^nen ju t>er
teuren, ifl bef(^tt)er(ic^ unb foftfpielig.
iRon, ben 7. Koocmbet.
9hm bin id^ ftcben Sâge îer, unb nac^ unb nad^ tritt in
meiner eete ber attgemeine Scgriff bicfer tabt êrtior. SKir
ge^n fleiig lîn unb mieber; id^ macê mir bie $Iane bed alten
unb neuen 9tomd befannt, betrad^te bie 9{uinen, bie ebube, be^
fucê ein unb bie anbcre Sitta; bie grten SRerfwrbigfcitcn
loerben gang langfam beânbeU, id^ tlûe nur bie Slugen auf unb
fe^' unb ge^' unb fomme lieber; benn man fann fic^ nur in
9tom auf SRom vorbereiten.
efteên tt)ir j[ebo(^, ed ifl ein faured unb trauriged efd^ft,
bad alte atom and bem neuen êraudjuflauben, aber man vm^
ed benn bod^ tûn unb gule^t eine unfc^&^bare Sefriebigung
ôffen. 2Kan trifft puren einer êrrlic^feit unb einer ^m
5rung, bie beibe ber unfere Segriffe geên* 9Bad bie S3ar<
baren fielen liegen, âben bie Saumeifler bed neuen Stomd Der
teuftet.
SBenn man fo eine Sjriflcnj anficht, bie gttjeitaufenb 3a^re
unb barbcr alt ifl, burd^ ben SBed^fcl ber Reiten fo mannigfaltig
unbt)om runb and Deranbert, unb boc^ noc^ berfelbe 93oben, ber
felbe 93erg, [a oft biefetbe dule unb SRauer, unb im Soe no((
bie ))uren bed alten (Sâralterd, f o mirb man ein SDlitgenoffe ber
gftallcnifiê SRclfe. 85
grogctt dtatl^fÎffe bed Sd^tdfald, mtb fo totrb ed bent Setrad^
ter Don Slnfang fd^wer ju entn)iietn, tt)ic 9tom auf 9iom folgt,
unb nic^t aKetn bad neue auf bad alte, fonbent bte Devfd^tebenen
(Spoken bed attcn unb neuen fclbjl auf einanber. Qd) fudênut
erjl felbfl bie I)albt)erbetften ûnltc êraudjuf^ten, bann laffen
fid^ erfl bic fd^nen Sororbeiten rec^t DoDflnbig nuften; benn feit
bcm funfje^nten ô^tûnbert bid auf unfere Siage iâbtn fic^
trefflid^c nfller unb cte^rtc wit biefen egenftnben i^t
ganged Seben burd^ befc^ftigt
Unb bicfed Ungeheure toirtt gan} tuîg auf und ein, menu totr
in JRom în unb êreilen, um ju ben ^c^flen egenflnben ju
gelangen. Ruberer Orten mug man bad ^Sebcutenbe auffudên,
îer ttxh^n mir baon berbrngt nnb berfQt ie man
ge^t unb jle^t, jeigt fic^ ein (anbfcâftcêd Sitb aller %tt unb
Seife, âlfle unb SRuinen, orten unb SSJilbni, gemen unb
Sngen, ûdcên, @tlle, ^Triumphbogen unb @ftulen, oft
aKed gufammen fo nal^, bag ed auf ein S(att gebrad^t erben
f5nnte. SDtan mgte mit taufenb riffeln fd^reiben; iDad foil
lîer eine lieber I Unb bannifl manSlbenbd mbe unb er
fd^pft Dom @dâuen unb tavaitru
Rom, ben o. KoMmBer.

SRand^mal fleê i) xoit einen Stugenbdt fliO unb berfdâue
bie ^d^jlen ipfel bed fdôn emonnenem @e^r gerne btidEe
td^ nac^ $$enebig jurd(, auf {ened groge !Dafein, bem @dôoge
it^ SReered, mie âUa^ and bem Raupte dupiterd, entfproffeiu
$ier ijat mid^ bie 9totonba, fo bie ugere xok bie innere, ju
einer freubigen SJerel^rung il^rer rogl^cit betrogen, 3n t.
$eter âbe ic^ begreifen (emen, mie bie fiunfl foiDOÎ aid bic
9}atur aDe iUlfagDergleidûng aufgeben fann. Unb fo ât mt(|
S6 oetêd ôfa.
H)poU t)on Scfoebere a\x9 ber SBtrffidÎett ^mau^gerdt. *S>trm
toie Don jenen ebuben bie ric^tigflen ^cit^nungcn leinen St
fjriff geben, fo ifl e îer mit bem Original uon Rarmot
gegen bie ipdabgffe, beten ii) hoij fer fc^ne frher gelannt
(abe.
Rom, ben 10. StovemBer, 1786.
Slij lebe nnn l^ter mit einer JKarêit nnb 9{uê, Don ber t^
lange fein eff)I âtte. Steine Uebung, aQe S)inge, n)ie fte
finb, jn feên unb abjulefen, meine Streue, bad finge Sic^t fein
ju laffen, meine ))llige gntugrung Don aQer Prtentionen
fommen mir einmal lieber red^t ju Statten nnb maên mic^
im {liQen ^5^jl gldt(i(^. SlKe Siage ein neuer mertn^rbiger
egenflanb, tgtid^ M^^^ ffô^^f feltfame Silber unb ein
anjcd, bad man fi^ lange bentt unb trumt, nie mit ber @in
bitbungdfraft erreid^t.
$eute mar id) bei ber $i}ramibe bed SefKud unb Slbenbd auf
bem âtatin, oben auf ben SRuinen ber fiaiferpalfte, bie tt)ie
êlfenmnbe bafleên. $iet)on lgt [lij nun freid^ nid)td
fiberefem ! a^rlic^, ed gibt îer nid^td ^(eined, totnn ani)
n)oÎ lîer unb ba etnâd (Sdêltendmertêd unb Sbgef^madted;
bod^ aud^ ein foldêd ât S^êil an ber allgemeinen rogêii
genommen.
Rtijx^ id^ nun in mid^ felbfl jurdt, tuie man bod^ fo gern tût
bei ieber etegenêit, fo entbedCe id^ ein efl^t, bad mid^ un
enbtid^ freut, \a bad id^ fogar audjufpredên )nage. 9Ber ftc^ mit
rnjl îer umfielt unb ?lugen lât, gu feên, mu fotib werben,
er mu einen Segriff Don olibibt faffen, ber im nie fo
(ebenbig warb.
S)er @ei{l wirb gut 2:d^tigleit geftempelt, gelangt ju einem
3tattentf($e 9ldfe. , 81
Smfl oûe STrodenêit, gu einem gefeilten SBefen mit ^^reube.
9Rir ttêuigflend ifl e^, aid tocnn iij hit 2)inge biefer SQSelt nie
[o richtig gefd^l^t l^tte al^ l^ter. dc^ freue mic^ bet gcfcgneten
Solgen auf mein ganjc geben.
Unb fo lagt mtc^ aufraffen, ie e^ lommen iDiQ; bie Orb
nung n)irb ftd^ geben. 3d) bin nic^t lîer, um nai^ meiner Slrt
ju geniegen; befleiigen loiQ idj mic^ ber grogen egen{ldnbe,
lernen unb mic^ au^bilben, eê xij Dierjig da^r alt toerbe.
9ta9eati ten 15. SSovemfect.
2)ie efeUfcâft ifl ju Sette, unb xi) fc^reibe noi) au^ ber
Suf(^2RufdêI, au^ melcêr gegeid^net toxhtn ijl. SBir âben
ein paax fd^ne, regenfreie Siage îer gehabt, ttiarm unb freunb^
(idên @onnenf(êin, bag man ben (Sommer nic^t Dermigt.
SDie egenb ifl fe^r angenehm; ber Ort liegt auf einem $gel,
toielmel^r an einem 33erge, unb Jebcr d^ritt bietet bem S^^^
ner bie lêrrtidjflen egenflnbe. Die û^r^ci^t ifl unbegrenzt:
man fie^t SRom liegen, imb eiter bie ee, an ber redjten eite
bie ebirge t)on Siooti unb fo fort 3n biefer lufligen cgenb
ftnb Sanbûfer red)t gur Sufl angelegt, unb n)ie bie alten
SRmer fdôn lîer il^re Spillen Ratten, fo lâben Dor ûnbert 3a^
ren unb me^r reid)e unb bermtîge 9imer i^re Sanbûfer
anij auf bie fdjnflen ^ledEe gepflanjt. ^m\ Siage geên mt
f(&on îer êrum, unb e^ ifl immer ettva^ 92eue^ unb Steijenbe^.
Unb bod^ lgt fic^ faum fagen, ob nid^t bie lbenbe noc^ Der
gngter ate ber ag ^tngeên. obalb bie flattlicê Birtîn
bie meffingene brciarmigc ?amj)e auf ben groen runben SCifc^
gefegt unb Felicissima notte ! gefagt l}at, crfammclt fic^ alle3
im reife unb legt bie S3ltter or, loeldje ben Jag ber ge*
{eic^net unb ffijjirt toorben. ^Darber fpric^t man, ob bei
88 Ooet^c ^fa.
@egenfl(uib ffittt gfinlHger oufgettommen toerben f oQen, oB bet
Sâratter getroffen ifl, unb load foldê erfle aOgememe ôrber
niffe ftnb, tt)ot)on man fic^ fcôn bei bem erflen (Enttourf Stec^
enfdâft geben fann. ôfrat^ SReiffenflein metg biefe
@tt}ungen burii^ feine Sinfic^t nnb Xntoritfit }u orbnen unb ju
leiten 3)tefe (obKcê SnftoU aber fc^reibt ftc^ etgentliii^ Don
$îli)))) Rdert êr, meldêr 1^}\t gefc^madboll bic
loirtlic^n Xu^fic^ten ju geic^nen unb au^juf^n tougte.
j^fHer unb Siebâber^ SRdnner unb grauen, Site unb dnge
lieg er niii^t mên; er munterte {eben auf, nac^ feinen aben unb
ftrftften ftii^ gleichfalls ju erfucên, unb gieng mit gutem 93eifpiel
m)r. 3)iefe Wct, eine efeQfcâft ju Derfammebt unb ju unter
lâlten, ât {)ofrat^ Steiffenflein nac^ ber lbreife ieneS ^reunbed
treuii^ fortgefe^t, unb mir finben, mie (btic^ e9 fei, ben t^tigen
Sntêil eines j[eben ju mitn. 3)ie Statur unb (Sigenfcâft
ber Derfcîebenen efeUfcâftdgtieber tritt auf eine anmutîge
eife êr))or. 2:ifc^bein inm Seifpiel fte^t als îfbrienmater
bie Sanbfcâft ganj anberS an, als ber SanbfâftSjeic^ner.
Sr ftnbet bebeutenbe rut)))en unb anbere anmutlîge, Diet
fagenbe egenftnbe, ba, too ein Slnberer nichts gettia^r lottrbe,
nnb fo gtdt eS i^m, auc^ mannen menfdÛcên naiven ^n^ }u
erâfcên, eS fei nun an înbem, Sanbteuten, Settlem unb
anbem bergleidên 92aturmenfên, ober aud^ an Silieren, bie er
mit n)enigen liârafteriffcên trieben gar glddic^ barjufteUen
loeig unb baburd^ ber Untergattung immer neuen angenehmen
toff untertegt
Sill baS efpr^ ausgeben, fo loirb, gteid^faHS na^ âi*
ertS 9Sermftd^tnig, in^ntgerSS^êorie getefen, unb loenn

man gteid^ Don einem ^êm tanbpunfte mit biefem SEBerfe
nlc^t ganj }ufrieben fein fonn, fo bemerlt man boc^ mit 9tu
^talicnifd^ %eife* 89
finfigen ben gatvx (Sinflng auf êrfonen, bie auf einer mittlem
Stufe ber Siftung flehen.
aiom, bell 22. Iooember 1786, am (SStiUenfe{te.
*S)a9 Snbenlen biefe^ gldflicên Siage^ tnug id) burd^ cintgr
3eilen leb^ft erlâlten unb, load tc^ genoffen, toenigflend lîflo*
rifd^ niittêilen. 69 loar bad fc^nfle, ruîgfle SBctter/ ein
gan} êiteret îmntel unb nianne @onne. dd^ gieng mit
Xif^bein nad^ bem êterdplaê, too loir erfl auf unb a6ge()enb,
unb loenn ed und ju n)arm lourbe, im @dâtten bed groen
Obelidfd, ber eben fr 3^î breit genug geioorfcn wirb, ^pa^
gierten unb Sirauben oerje^rten, bie loir in bei* 92ê gelauft
lâtten. !Dann giengen wir in bie (Sijrtinifê âj)cKe, bie wir
auA êQ unb Reiter, bie emlbe woÎ erleud^tet fauben. â9
ingfle crid^t unb bie mannigfaltigen emlbe ber 3)ede oon
SRidêl Sngelo têilten unfere 93ewunbemng. S) fonnte
nur feên unb anjlaunem 3)ie innere icêr^cit unb nn*
lic^feit bed 3)}ei{terd, feine rogêit ge^t ber aQen ûdbrud.
Sad^bem wir aQed wieber unb wieber gefeiten, oerliegen wir
biefed êigtûm unb giengen nad^ ber êterdfircê, bie oon
bem lêitem $immel bad fd^nfle Sid^t empfteng unb in aQen
Steilen êQ unb Kar erfdîen. SEBir ergcf^ten und atd genieg-
enbe SRenfdên an ber r5ge unb ber ^rad^t, ol^ne burdj aKju
eletn unb ju oerftnbigen ef^madt und biegmal irre madjen ju
feffen, unb imterbrfidtten jebed fd^rfere UrtêiL SEBir erfreuten
und bed Srfreulidjem
Snbtid^ befliegen wir bad âif ber îvdê, wo man bad
S3itb einer wo^tgebautcn tabt im flcinen pnbet. Kufer unb
SRagajine, Srunnen, bem Snfeên nac^, î\;d)en unb einen
grogen ZttapA, aQed in ber Suft, unb fc^ne Spaziergnge ho
90 (SotOft^ ^rofa.
gtotfdêtt SBir beflicgen bie StvoppA imb befaên bte êOêttere
@ccnb bcr 3lpcnnincn, ben Scrg otacte, nac^ SCteoti bic toulla
nifd^cn ^gct, gra^coti, GafleU anbolfo unb bic ^laine uiib
toeitcr ba 9Kccr. 9la^c or un9 bic flange tabt SRom, in
i^rer Sreitc unb SBcite mit ircn Scrgpalflcn, uppetn u. f. w.
6 rhrte fld^ feine ?uft, unb in bem hipfcrncn nopf tear c3
^cig loic in einem Sircibâufe. 9{ad)bem n)tr haQ ailed beêv
gtgt lâtten, flicflcn uiir lêrab nub liegen und bie Sil^ren gu ben
eftmfen ber û))pet bed Stambourd unb bed @d)iffd auf
fd^tiegen; man lann urn felbe lêrumflcên unb biefe Silêile unb
bie îrdê Don oben betrachten. Ud n)ir auf bem eftmfe bed
JEambourd flonben, gieng ber âp^ unten in ber Sicfe orbei,
feine Slad^mittagdanbad^t gu fatten. (Sd fehlte und alfo ni^td
gur ^cterdlirê. S33ir fliegen llig toicber êrab, nahmen
in einem benad&bartcn aflôfc ein fr^êd frugaled SWaÎ
unb festen unfern 2Beg nac^ ber Scilienlirdê fort.

Siele 9Borte korbe i^ braudên, urn bie Sudgierung ber
gang mit SDtenfên angefllten îrdê gu befd^reiben. Wtan
fo^ eben leinen tein ber rdîteften mcl^r. Die ulen
tt)aren mit rotêm ammt bergogen unb mit golbencn STreffen
umiDunben. jDie Sapitte mit geflidtem ammt in un
gefl)rcr Sapitlform, fo aKc efimfe unb ^feitcr bedangen
unb bcbc(!t. SlKc ^îfdênrume ber SKauem mit (eb^ft
gematten ttfen bctlcibet, bag bie gauge îrdê mit SOto
fait audgetegt fcîen, unb ber gmciîmbert Sac^dfergen
brannten um unb neben bem ôâttar, fo bag bie gauge cine
SCaub mit ?i(^tcm befc^t unb ha Sîff ber fiirdê olonu
men erleud^tet roar. S)ie eitengnge unb eitenaltre eben
fo gegiert unb erbeut, egen bem $ocâItar ber, unter bet
Orgel; gtt)ei erfte, auc^ mit ammt bergogen, auf bereu
dneitt bte finger, ouf hem anbem bte -dnflrumente {lanben,

bte anâltenb Jhtftf machten. Dte jîrdê mar DoQ ge
brngt
Sine f^nc Slrt mufifaltfcêr 3luff^rung l^rf id^ îer. 935ie
man SJiolin* ober anbere Songcrte iât, fo fl^ren fie Sonjcrte
mit timmcn auf, ba bic eine Stimme, ber opran jum Sei*
fpiet ^cvrfdênb ift nnb oto fmgt, ba^ 6ôr t)on 3^^* ju ^cit
einfllt unb i^n begleitet, t9 t)erfte^t ftd^, immer mit bem gan
gen Ord^cfter, 63 tût gute SSirlung.
3(1^ mug enbigen, loie luir ben 2:ag enbigen mugten. S)eti
96enb gelangten mir noii^ and Cpemâud, too eben bie Litiganti aufgefl^rt n)urben, unb Ratten bed uten fo Diel genof
fen, bag mir t)orbergiengen
SRotSr ben 13. Seêmber.
SSie lêrjfid^ freut ed mt(^, bag i^r mein SSerfc^minben fo
ganj, mie i^ lnfd^te, genommen lâbt ! Serf^nt mir nun
and) iebed emt^, bad baran brfte lnftog genommen âben!
d^ âbe niemanb IrSnfen n)onen unb !ann nun aud) nid^td
fagen, um mid^ }U red^tfertigen. @ott behte mtd^, ha% iij
jematd mit ben ^rmiffen ju biefem (SntfcÎuffe einen ^reunb
betrbe !
3(^ erlôle midb nun lîer nad^ unb nadj t)on meinem salto
mortale unb fhibire me^r, aid bag id^ genicge. 9iom ijt eine
Bett, unb man braudit da^re, um fld^ nur erft brinnen gema^r
gu ttjcrben, SBie gldtli^ finb' i^ bie JReifenben, bie feên unb
gc^n !
$eute frl^ fielen mir i i n dE e I m a n n d 9 r i e f e, bie et
aud dtaen fd^rieb, in bie $anb. Tlit meldêr 9i^rung âb'
td^ fie }u lefen angefangen! Sor etnunbbreigig darren, in bes
92 oetêd $rofa.
felben da^te^jett^ latn er, ein nod^ firmerer Starr a(d tc^, ^ter
lêr; xi^m xoax t9 aud^

id^re bcr Slltcrt^mer
arbeitete er fid^ burc^
anbenlen biefe^ Kanne
fo beutfc^ Smfl um ba^ rnbltdê unb

unb bcr unjl. SEBie brat) unb gut
! Unb ta9 ift mir nun aber aud^ ba 3
auf biefem ^tafee I
Stuer ben egenjlnben ber 5Ratur, bie in aen i^ren êi*

len a^r unb confequenf x% fprid^t boc^ nid^t^ fo (aut, a bie
(Spin: eined guten, Derflnbigen iDJanne^, ate bie ec^te ûnfl,
bie eben fo folgerecht ijl al9 j[ene. $ier in 9tom lann man bad
red^t fllen, mo fo manche SBiKtrticÎeit gen^têt ât, mo fo
mancher Unflnn bur^ Rad^t unb elb t)erett)igt morben.
ine teile in SBindfetmannd ricf an ^^xanh freute mic^
befonberd: 51Kan mufe ade adjen in JRom mit einem geioiffen
^^legma fucên; fonfl wirb man fr einen granjofcn gehalten,
dn 9tom/ glaub^ ic^, ift bie ôê cûle fr ade SSJelt, unb
audj id^ bin gelutert unb geprft.''
S)ad efagte pagt red^t auf meine 9ivt, ben adên îer
nad^jugelên, unb geniig, man lât auger 9{om feinen 93egriff,
toxt man îer gefcûlt toirb. 3an mug, fo ju fagen, toieber
geboren merben, unb man fielet auf feine vorigen begriffe niie
auf inberfdû^c jurdf. 3)er gemeinfle SWenfc^ toirb îer gu
ettoad; nientgflend gen)innt er einen ungemeinen Segriff, n^cnn
ed aud^ nidjt in fein Befen bergelên lann
3)iefer Srief fommt euc^ jum neuen Sa^rc. 8lHc3 lud
gum %ifange ! t>ox @nbe feên mir und loieber; unb ha^ mxh
feine geringe f^reube fein. S)ad t)ergangene niar bad )oid^
tigfle meined Sebend; ic^ mag nun fterben ober no^ eine
Bette bauern, in beiben flauen tt)ar ed gut de^t nod^ ein
9Bort an bie kleinen !
S)en Ainbem mgt i^r ôlgenbed (efen ober ergÎen: Tlao
3talicnif(^c {Reife. . 98
mctft ben SBintcr ni^t; bie arten fmb mit tminergrneA
Sdunien bej)flanjt; bie omie fcêint l^cll unb toaxm, c^nec
fic^t man nur auf ben cntfcrntcften Sergen gegen Siorben. 3)ic
Zitronenbume, bie in htn rten an ben SSJSnben gepflanjt
finb, erben nun nac^ unb nadj mit S)eien toon SRol^r berbecft,
bie ômeron3enbume aber bleiben frei jtef|en. S8 Rngen
ritte ûnberte ber f djnflen JJ^^djte an fo einem Saum, her
ni^t tie bei un3 befd^nitten unb in einen bet gepflanjt ift,
fonbeni in ber Srbe frei unb frol^, in einer JReiê mit feinen
SSrbcm fte^t SDian fann fic^ nid^t guftiger benfen, afe
einen foldên 3lnbli(f, gr ein geringe^ Irinfgetb it man
boren, fo iel man toill, (Sie finb fôn jefet redjt gut; im
ilKrj nêrben fie noc^ beffer fein.
Stculic^ maren toir am SlWeere unb Keen einen îf^jufl tûn;
ha famen bie nûnberlic^ften eflatten jum Sorfdjein, an
gifdjen, rebfen unb feltfamen Unformen; aud^ ber gifc^, ber
bem Ser^renben einen eleftrifcên d[)tag gibt.
Vttaptl, bev e. ilS&ig/ 1787.

Dbgleid^ ungern, bod^ an^ treuer efeQigfeit begleitete
!E i f (^ b e i n mid^ êute auf ben SefuD. S^m, bem bilbcnben
nftter, ber fid^ nur immer mit ben fd^nften SKenfdên* unb
Eîerformen befd^ftigt, ja bag Ungeformte felbft, Reifen unb
?anbfdâften, hwc) inn unb efd)mad( t)ermenfd)(id^t, i()m
toirb eine foldê furd^tbare, ungeftatte Slufbufung, bie jld^ im*
mcr tt)ieber felbfl crje^rt unb allem djnêit^gefÎ ben rieg
anfnbigt, gau} abfêutidj Dorfommen.
Bir fuhren auf jnêi Salefc^n, tueil tutr m9 aU elbflf^
94 oetê $rof(u
ret burd^ bdd emÎ ber tabt md^t burdjjuiomben getrau
ten, Der fja^renbe fd^veit unaufhrlich: ^lai^, ^laft !** bamil
Sfel, $oIj* ober crid^ttrogcnbe, cntgegenroDcnbc otefd^cn,
laflfcÎeppenbc ober freimanbelnbe Wcnfc^cn, lnber unb reife
fid^ t)orfcên, au^loeidjen, unge^tnbert aber ber fcârfe 2)ra(
fortgcfe^t loerbe.
er SBeg bur^ bie uerflcn SJorflbtc unb arten foKte
fiiôn auf etmad ^lutonifê^ înbeuten. "S^tnn ba ed (ange ni^t
geregnet, loaren t)on bitfem, afdjgrauem @taube bie Don 9iatur
tnittiergrnen Sltter berbedt, alle têr, urtgcfimfe, unb
toa nur irgenb eine fÎê bot, gleichfalls bergraut, fo bag
nur ber l^crrlidje blaue îmmel unb bie lêreinfclêinenbe mc^
tige @onne ein 3^^8^^6 8^^^ ^^ ^^^ unter bcn Sebenbigen
iBanble.
Am 56^ be Peilen ângeS enipfiengen un gtoei ?f ^rer,
ein lterer unb ein {ngerer, beibeS tchtige 2tvAt. S)er erfle
fdEjIeppte mi), ber jioeite Xifc^bein ben Serg hinauf. @ie
fdjteppten, fage id^: benn ein foldêr f^^rer umgrtet fic^ mit
einem lebemen 9tiemen, in meldten ber 9{eifenbe greift unb, în
auftortS gcjogen, fic^ an einem @tabe, auf feinen eigenen
gen, beflo leichter emporhilft.
@o erlangten loir bie ^15(ê, ber loeldêr flc^ ber jtegelbcrg
ergebt, gegen 5Rorben bie S^rmmer ber omma.
(Sin 93tid( toefhodrtS ber bie egenb na^m, koie ein lêib
fames S3ab, aQe d^merjen ber Snfhengung unb aOe SRbigfett
îmueg, unb mx umfreisten nunmel^r ben immer qualmcnben,
@tein unb Slfcê auSmerfenben êgelberg. @o lange ber 9taum
geflattete, in gebriger Entfernung }u bleiben, mar eS ein grogeSi
geiflerêbenbeS âufpiel (Srfl ein geioaltfamer 3)onner, ber
ftuS bem ticfflen @d^lunbe êrt)ortdnte, fobans @teine, grSgere
3tanenlf(^c SRcifc. 95
mtb Ketnere, ju STaufenben in bie Suft gefcÎeubert, Don Sfdên
tooOen eingefllt 3)er grSgte 2^êi( fte( in ben (^(unb gurdt.
3)te anbem nac^ bet @ette ju getriebenen S3ro(fen, auf bie
Sugenfeite be9 Aegel^ nieberfaUenb, machten ein n)unber6are9
@eru[(l^: erfl plumpten bie [d^mereren unb lûpften mit bmm

pfem et5n an bie Aegelfeite ()ina6, bie geringeren Kapperten
înterbrein, unb julefct riefelte bie afcê nieber, 3)iefe alle?
gefiiâ^ in regelmigen Raufen, bie toxx burc^ ein ruhige? Qf^*
ten fe^r mo^t abmeffen fonnten.
3îf<4n ber @omma unb bem Aegelbcrge marb aber ber
Staunt enge genug; fdôn fielen mehrere Steine um und êr unb
matten ben Umgang unerfreulich. STifc^bein fllte ftc^ nun
me^r auf bem Serge noc^ Derbrieglidjer, ba biefe? Unget^m,
nid^t jufriebeu; ^glidj ju fein, aud^ no^ gef^rltd^ merben moQte.
2ie aber burdâud eine gegenwrtige efal^r etnâd ^tiyiu
be ât unb ben SBiberfpmdîSgeip im enfc^cn aufforbcrt, i^t
gu trotten, fo bebad^te id^, bag ed mglich fein mitffe, in ber
3wif(ên}eit Don jniei (Sntptionen, ben êgelberg hinauf, an
ben c^lunb gu gelangen unb aud^ in biefem 3^^^^*^"^ ^^^
9ld(meg gu getoinnen. dd^ rat^fdjtagte hierber mit ben ^f^
rem unter einem berl^ngenben f^clfen ber omma, n)0 mir,
in icêrlêit gelagert, und an ben mitgebrachten Sorrtên
erquicften. 3)er jngere getraute ftd, bad agefUdt mit mit
gu befielen: unfere ûtfpfe ftterten toir mit leinenen unb fei*
benen Jdêrn, toir jleten un bereit, bie tobe in ber $anb,
i^ feinen rtet faffenb.
yioi napperten bie Keinen Steine um und êrum, noc^ rie
feite bie Sfê, aid ber rflige dngling mid^ fcôn ber bad
glênbe @erlle înaufrig. $ier fianben loir an bem unge
ûren f/tad^n, beffen âu6) eine leife Suft Don und ablentte^
96 octê9 $rof(L
aber gugletdi bad dnnere bed @Îunbed DerpOte, bet ringsum
aud taufenb 9tt(ên bampfte. S)ur(^ einen 3^^fc^î<^û^ ^^^
Cluatmed erbltctte man l^te unb ba geborflene fêlfeniu&nbe.
3!>rc (n6(i(t toat lueb erunterric^tenb nod^ erfreulich; aber eben
begtvegcn, totxl man nid)td fal^, Derttêilte man, um etmad i^tu
audgufcên. jDad ruhige QafÛn mar erfumt; loir ftanben
auf einem fdârfen 9{anbe Dor bem ungeheuren Xbgrunb. 9uf
einmal erfdôd ber 3)onner, bie fur^tbare Sabung flog an und
Dorbei: nîr bucften und umviQIrlid^, aid menu und bad Dor
ben nicberfHlrjenben iStaffen gerettet l^&tte; bie tleineren (Steine
Ilapperten fdjon, unb iDtr, ol^ne ju bebenlen, bag n)tr abermald
eine $aufe t)or und fatten, frol^, bie efar berflanben gu
lâben, famen mit ber noc^ riefebtben Sfdê am $uge bed Sit^
gold an, $te unb dûttem genugfam eingefdêrt.
Son Siifc^bein aufd freunbUc^fle empfangen, gefdôlten unb
erquicft, tonnte ic^ mm ben lteren uub neueren 2a\)tn eine be
fonbere %tfmerffam!eit tvibmen. S)er betagte g^rer nmgte
genau bie 3a^rgnge gu bejeic^nen. Sleltere n)aren fcôn mit
Slfdje bebecft unb audgeglidên, neuere, befonberd bie tangfam
gefloffenen, boten einen feltfamen Slnblitf ; benn inbem fte, fort^
fdjteicênb, bie auf i^rer Dberfladê erftarrten 3Ka{fen eine QAt
lang mit ftd^ înfdÎeppen, fo mug ed bod^ begegnen, bag biefe
Don ^tit }u ^dt flodten, aber, Don ben tut^fhdmen nod^ fort^
bcn)egt, ber einanber gefdôben, n)unberbar }ad(ig erflarrt Der*
lârren, fcltfamer atd im ^nlic^cn fJD bie ber cinonber getric
bcnen Sidfcôden. Unter biefem gefc^moljenen koflen SBefen

fanben ft^ audj groge SId(e, loetdê, angefcÎogen, auf bem
frifdfjen 93ru(^ einer Urgebtrgdart DSUig ^ntid^ feên S)te
g^rer behaupteten, ed feien alte SaDen bed tieffien runbeS,
eldê ber Serg manchmal audtoerfe.
3taltctnf(^c SRdfc. 9Y
fUtaptl, îenCtag ben 20. TOftt|.
3)ic unbc einer fo eben aubrc(f)cnbcn Saa, bie, jitr yitaptl
rnifiAtbar, nad^ Ottaiauo ûiuntcrflicgt, reijte mid), jjuni
brittcn )ial ben SSefuu ju bcfud^cn. -Saum h)ar i(^ am %n^t
bcjfclben au3 meinem 3tt)cirbcrigen, cinpferbigen Jû^rtcrf (je*
fpnmgcn, fo jeigten fic^ fdjon jene beiben iJ^rcr, bie nn3 frher
înouf begleitet fatten. Qij toottte feinen miffen unb na^m
ben einen an^ eiDOl^nêit unb 2)QnfbarIeit, ben anbem au^
Sertrauen, beibe ber meutern SBequemlid^feit nêgen mit mir.
9luf bie ^ê gelangt, beb ber eine bei ben iUlnteln unb
Siftualien, ber jngere folgte mir, unb tt)ir giengcn mutîg auf
einen ungeheuren ampf lo, ber unterhalb be5 êgelfd^lunbc.
au^ bem Serge brac^; fobann fd^ritten lir an beffen eite êt
gelinb înabttjrtg, h\^ loir enbc^ unter ftarem îmmel au^
bem h)ilben !Campfgei(fe bic Saoa êroorqucen faên.
Sian âbe auc^ taufenbmat t)on einem egenflanbe gel^rt,
ba Sigent^mttcê beffelben fpric^t nur ju un3 au3 bem un*
mittelbaren 2lnfdâuen. 3)ie ?aoa loar f(f)mal, ieeid^t nidjt
breiter ate je^n ^vl% allein bic 5lrt, lie fie eine fanfte, jiemlic^
ebene JJtd^c lînabfto, ujar auffaflenb genug: benn inbem fle
lo^rcnb be gortflieen an ben eiten unb an ber )bcrfld)c
erf^ft, fo bilbet fic^ ein Sanat, ber [xij immer er^^t, loeil
ba^ gefd^moljene Sfaterial aud^ unterhalb be Jcuerftrom er*
flarrt, toeldêr bie auf ber Dberfldê fd)tt)immenben cÎaden
rcc^t^ unb linf gleid)frmig r)inuntertt)irft, looburc^ [lij benn
nad^ unb nad^ ein 3)amm cr^^t, auf n)e(d)cm ber tut^ftrom
ruîg fortfliegt toie ein SIKÎbad). ffiir giengen neben bem
anfcfmlic^ er^^ten 5)omme lêr, bie d)lacfen roHten rcgel*
mig an ben Seiten herunter bi ju unfern ^cn. S)in4
einige Sden be^ (ânate lonnten loir htn luti)ftrom oon
98 (Sotifjt^ ^rofcL
mttett fel^m vaA, tote er toetter înabflo^, t(n iôn often
beobachten.
3)urd) bte êQfle Sonne erfd^ten bte Iut^ Derbflert, m&'
ein miger SRawd^ fticg in bic retne Suft 3^ âttc SJeriang*
en, ntid^ bent ûntte gu nhern, too fte ou^ bent S3erge bricht;
bort foUte fic, toie ntein g^rer Oerfiêrtc, fogleic^ ttoiSih' unb
S)ad^ ber ftc^ êr bi(ben, auf totli)tm er 5fter^ geftanben fjabt.
Suc^ btefe^ }u feên unb ju erfaên, fliegen toxi ben S3erg uiie^
bar hinauf, unt ienem ûntte oon înten ^r betjufontmen,
tttdEUdêm)eife fanben ir bie telle bur^ einen lebhaften
Binbjug entblgt, freiK^ nid^t ganj; benn ringsum qua(ntte
ber !Dampf au9 taufenb Stilen: itnb nun flanben toir toirflic^
auf ber breiartig gemunbenen erflarrten 3)e(fe, bie fic^ aber fo
n)ett oortt)&rtd erflrerfte, bag loir bie Saoa nid^t tonnten êrau^
quellen feên.
SEir oerfud^ten noc^ ein paar S)u|ênb d^ritte, aber ber
Soben toarb immer gtênber; fonneoerftnflemb unb erflicfenb
tt)irbelte ein nnbertt)inbtidêr Oualnu 3)er oorau^gegangene
S^rer teerte balb um, ergriff miij, unb loir enoanben und
biefem ^QenbrubeL
Stad^bem )oir bie Singen an ber Sn^ftd^t, aumen nnb Srujl
aber am Beine gelabt, giengen n)ir umlêr, nod^ anbere S^\8U
ligteiten biefe^ mitten im ârabie^ aufget^rmten ^Qengipfete
gn beobad)ten. (Sinige @^{nbe, bie aU onOanifê (Sffen
feinen 9taud^, aber eine glênbe Suft fortml^renb getoaltfam
ausflogen, betrad^tetc ic^ wieber mit Stufmerlfamfeit 3dj fal^
fie burdâud mit einem tropffleinartigen SRaterial tapegiert,
etcê^ g*|}en unb gapfenartig bie cÎnbe bid oben beHeibete.
Sei ber Ungleid^êit ber @ffen fanben ftd^ mehrere biefer êrab
^nqenben 2)unilprobufte giemti^ gur $anb, fo bag mir fte mil
OtQltenifi^c {Reife. 99
mtfent tfiBen unb emigen âfenarttgcn Vorrichtungen gat
iDOlÎ geminnen lonntem Set bent Saoaânbler âtte ic^ fd)on
bergteidên (Sêntplare unter ber {Rubrtt ber toirtltcên Saoen
gefunben, unb tc^ freute mtc^, entbecft ju âben, bag e9 t)u(
{antfcêr Mug fet, abgefegt and ben feigen c^toaben, bie
barin enthaltenen ))erpc^tigten mineraltfdên Steile offene
barenb.
3)er êrrfid^fle Sonnenuntergang, ein ^tmmlifdêr Sbenb
erquidten mic^ auf meiner tdte^r; boc^ tonnte td^ empfinben,
n)ie finneoermirrenb ein ungeheurer egenfa^ flc^ erttêife. 2)a9
@d^redti(ê junt @c^dnen, bad Schne junt (i^recfticên, betbed
lêbt einanber auf unb bringt eine gleid^gttige Smpftnbung %tt*
Dor. emig mre ber iReopolitaner ein anberer ilRenfc^,
toenn er fld^ nic^t jmifdên ott unb aton eingetlentmt
fllte.
Slcapet, ben 28. SRai 1787.
3)er gute unb fo brauchbare Solfntann ndtîgt mid^ Don ^vi
}u 3eitf Don feiner SReinung abjugeên. Sr fprid^t gum S3ei^
fpiel, \iOi^ breigig^ bid Dierjigtaufenb SRgiggnger in iReapel
}u ftnben n)5ren; unb nier fprid^fd t^m nidjt naÎ Sd^ Der
mutête }mar fe^r balb nad^ einiger erlangter Aenntnig bed
fbtidên ûf^^nbed, bag bieg kooÎ eine norbifdje Snftc^t fein
mdjte, too man ieben fr einen 3giggnger ^lt, ber ftd^
nidjt ben ganjen Siag ngfHid^ abml^t. dc^ toenbete beglâlb
Dorjgcê Sufmerffamfeit auf bad Sou, ed mochte fid^ be
toegen ober in 9tu^c Derârren, unb lonute jtoar fc^r Diel bet
gefleibete SlWcnfd^cn bemerfen, aber !eine unbcfdjftigte.
dc^ fragte begtoegen einige 0reunbe nac^ ben unjÎigen
SDtgiggngem, toeld^ id^ bod^ attd^ toollte tennen lernen; flc
'* -'
j ' j
100 oetêd $rofa.

lomtten mir aber fotê eben fo toentg geigen, unb fo gieng \d^
meti bie Unterfudûng mit Setrad^tung ber Stabt genau }u
fammenîeng, felbft auf bie dagb aud.
Sd) fieng an, mid^ in bem ungel)cuent @en)irre mit ben tax*
fdjtebenen Figuren befannt gu mad)en, fte nac^ i^rer eflalt,
Aleibung, 93etragen, Sefd^ftigung p beurtêilen unb ju clafft^
ftciren. -dc^ fanb biefe JDperation îer leichter aU irgenbtDO,
toeil ber SKcnft^ fit^ îer mc^r fclbfl gelaffen ifl unb ,fi(^ feinem
@tanbe aud^ fiugertic^ gemg bejeigt.
Qij fieng meine SSeobac^tung bei frher Sâge^geit an, unb aQe
bie Jtenfcên, bie id^ lîe unb ha fttU fte(}en ober ruên fanb, nâren
Seute, bereu S3eruf t9 in bem ugenblicf mit fid^ brachte, ie
Safltrger, bie an t)erfd)iebenen ^l^cn i^re ))rimlegir
ten @tSnbe âben unb nur entarten, bis fid^ jemanb i^rei
bebicncn toiff; bteSaleffaren, i^re Sned^te unb jungen,
bie bei ben cinfpnnigcn alefdên auf groen ^(ên ftcên,
i^re ^fcrbe beforgcn unb einem jcben, ber fie criangt, ;;u
3)ienftcn fmb; c^ iff er, bie auf bem SKoIo i^re pfeife
raudên; fîf dêr, bie an ber @onne liegen, meil DieQeic^t
ein ungnfliger SBinb toe^t, ber i^nen auf ba SKecr au^jufa^ren
verbietet dc^ fa^ auc^ tooÎ nod^ mandê în unb ttiieber
geên, bod^ trug metfl ein j|eber ein 3^^^^^ f^^"^^ 2i^tig!eit
mit fid^. Son Settlern war feiner ju bemerfen, aU ganj
alte, Qig unfîge unb frppelâfte 5IKcnftên. 3e me^r ic^
mid^ umfal^, je genauer ic^ beoba^tcte, beflo iDeniger fonnf ic^,
Weber on ber geringen nod^ on ber mittlem Slaffe, toeber am
Rorgen nod^ ben grgten X^dl bed Sagcd, ja t)on feinem Sitter
unb (Scf^lct^t eigentlid^c aKiggngcr finbcn.
3(^ geê in ein nl)ercd S)etatl, um bad toa9 iij behaupte,
glaubtorbiger unb anfdE)auIicêr gu machen. !2)ie fleinflea
Otalicnift^c 3ictfc. 101

inbcr flnb auf mancherlei S35cife Befc^ftigt. Stn groet
Jêil berfclbcn trgt tJif^c gum Serfauf on anta ?ucia in
bic tabt; anbere fielet man fc^r oft in bcr egenb bed Slrfe
nate, ober tt)0 fonfl etnjad gejtmmert wirb, mobei t9 pane
gibt, an) am ilKecre, tt)eld^c5 SReifer unb fleine^ ôl;; auîuirft.,
befc^ftigt, fogar bie fleinflcn tdfd^cn in Srbdên aufjulefen,
înbcr t)on einigen Oa^ren, bie nur auf bcr @rbe fo înfriedên,
in efcHftâft lterer naben on fnf bi fec^ 3a^ren, 6e
faffen fid^ mit biefem Reinen ctt)erbe. ie ge!)en nad^êr mit
bcm rbcên tiefer in bie tabt unb fe(jen ftd^ mit il^ren
Reinen ôljportionen gleid^fam gu SKarfte. S)er $anbtt)er!er,
ber Heine Srger fauft e^ i^nen ab, brennt e auf feinem S)ret?
fu6 gu oÎcn, um fid^ baran ju ertormen, ober toerbrauc^t efi

in feiner fparfamcn Riê,
ubcre iuber tragen ba SSBaffcr ber ^mcfetqucHen,
loelc^c befonber im JJrîa^r fe^r flar! getrunfen wirb, jum
SSerfauf ^crum. 2lnbere futên einen Ileinen ctt)inn, inbcm
fic Obft, gefponnenen $onig, ucên unb îi*^'^^^^'^^ ^^^
faufcn unb toieber, ate finbifd^c ânbeteleute, bcn brigen
inbem anbieten unb toerfaufen; allenfalls nur um i^ren Jêil
baran umfonjl gu âbcn. 6 ijl wirHic^ artig angufeên, wie ein
fottêr 3unge, bcffen ganger ram unb ert^fdâft in einem
S3rett unb ^Keffer befielt, eine 33JaffermcIone ober einen falben
gebratenen rbiS êmmtrSgt, wie fld^ um i^n eine câar in
ber toerfammett, wie er fein Srett nicbcrfcfct unb bie {Jm^t in
Reine tdfe gu gcrtêilcn anfngt. !Bic ufer fpanncn fe^r
ernPâft, ob fie aud^ fr i^r Rein tdfc^cn upfergclb genug
erhalten follen, unb ber Heine ânbcmann traftirt gegen bie
Begierigen bie ai)t eben fo bebd^tig, bamit er }a nit^t um ein
tdên betrogen werbe. 3^ bin bergeugt, bag man (et
102 octê fJrofa.

lngerem STufentâlt noij manege 9eif)ne(e fetched linbltiên
Smcrbe fammcln fnnte.
(Sine fe^r groe SlnjaÎ toon Wtcnîftn, t^cife mittlem lter,
tl)eite finobcn, iDcIdê mclflentfjeU fc^r ftÎcd^t gefieibct fmD,
bcftôftigen fic^, boo e^ric^t auf Sfetn au3 ber tabt ju
bringen. Da nSd^fle 5cli> w 3ltaptl ijl nur ein Suchen*
garten, unb e ifl eine tJveube, ju feên, toelt^c unfgdê
SKcngc Don dêngetod^fen aUe aWarfttage êreingcfdjafft
n)irb, unb ie bie dnbufhie ber SDênfcên foglei^ bie ber
pffigen, Don ber Acîn Derraorfenen Zf^tiU ieber in bie ^tU
ber bringt, um ben ^xM ber Segetation gu beftÎeunigen.
SBri ber unglaublichen Sonfumtion Don entfe madden tt)trf li^
bie trnfe unb Sttter Don S(umen!o^t, Sroccoli, rti*
fdjocfen, o^{, @a(at, Anoblauc^ einen groen 2^êi( bed nea
))o(itanifcên ê^rici^t au; biefem n)irb benn aud^ befonber
nac^gefteebt. 3^^^ S^6^ biegfame rbe Rngen auf hem
Sauden eine (Sfetd unb .loerben nid^t allein ganj doH gefllt,
fonbem noc^ auf {eben mit befonberer ûnfl ein Raufen auf
get^rmt êin arten tann o^ne einen fotcên 6fet befielen.
(Sin ftneci^t, ein âbe, manci^mat ber patron felbfl, eilen bed
S:agd fo oft ate mdgtic!^ na^ ber @tabt, bie i^nen gu allen
tunben eine reiche @câ|^grube ifL 2Bie aufmerffam biefe
ammter auf ben SKijl ber ^ferbe unb SauItîere frab, lt fl^
beulen. Ungern Dertaffen fie bie trae, toenn e 9?ad^t ttjirb^
unb bie 9?eicên, bie nac!^ SRittemad^t and ber Dptx fahren,
beuten tuo^t nic^t, ha^ fcôn Dor nbrud^ be Za^t9 ein tnu
ftger SKenfc^ forgfltig bie <Spvixtn il^rer ^ferbe auffud^cn toirb.
9Ran ât mir Derficêrt, ba ein paar fo(dê Seute, bie ftd^ ju
fammentûn, fic^ einen Sfel laufen unb einem groem 93efi<}er
ein t(f6en jtrautlanb abpad^ten, burc^ anâltmben Ie$
Ota(ten{f(6e Steife. 108
in bem gtdHcên ^lima, in totH^tm bie Segetatton ntematt

unterbro^cn toxxh, ed balb fo ivett bringen^ bag fte t^r tf
toerbe anfc^nlit^ erweitern.
Oc^ torbe ju toett aud meinem Bege geên^ toenn i^ ^tet
Don ber mannigfaltigen Smerei fprecên oOte, mettle man
mit Vergngen in ^taptl, ie in iebem anbem grogen Drte,
bemertt; aUein id) mug boc^ lîer Don btn êrumtrgem
fpredên, toeit fie ber (etjtem Slaffe bed SSotfd befonberd an
gehren. Sinige geên êmm mit t^gdên Sidmaffer nnb
(Zitronen, nm berall gteic^ Simonabe madden ju fnnen, einen
2!ranf, ben aud^ ber eri.ngfle nid^t ju entbehren vermag; an^
bere mit Srebenjtellem, auf meldten glafcên mit Derfc^tebenen
Siquenren rnib @))i^g(fem in l^ljemen 9lingen^ Dor bem fâUen
geft(êrt^ flehen; anbere tragen firbe allerlei SSadmer!^, 9{fc^<
erei, (Zitronen unb anbered Dbfl umêr, unb ed fcêint, cA9
toot ieber bad groge ^tft bed enu{fed; bad in 9ltapd aQe
jage gefeiert toirb, mitgeniegen unb Derme^ren.
îe biefe Srt êmmtrftger gefc^ftig ftnb, fo gibt ed nod^ eine
ORenge Keiner Armer^ todijt glei^faUd lêmmgeên unb, o^ne
Diete Umflnbe, auf einem 93rett, in einem (Scâ^telbedel i^re
Aleinigteiten, ober auf $Iên gerabeju auf fladêr Srbe i^ren
Jham audbieten. 3!)a ifl nid^t Don einjelnen SBaaren bie 9iebe,
bie man auc^ in grgem &ben fnbe; ed ifl ber eigentliche 2:rbet
(ram. jtein @td(ên Sifen, Seber, Zni), iemtoanh, î(j
n. f. tt)., bad nid^t toieber aid 2!r5betoaare gu Ttaxttt Umt,
nnb bad nic^t mieber Don einem ober bem anbem getauft mrbe.
9}od) finb Diete SDtenfên ber niebem Slaffe bei $anbe(dleuten
unb ânbmertem a(d 93eilufer unb ânbtanger befc^ftigt
Sd i{l loa^r, man tlût nur loenig (Schritte, o^ne einem fe^r
fibelgefteibeten^ {a fogar einem }cr(umDten Senfcên }u begegnen,
104 (Soetêd ^rofo.

Ux bieg ift begmegen noc^ fern fâutenjer, fein STagebteb
9a, xij m^te fafl bad $arabopn auffleOeiv bag gu 92eapel
Der^ftltntgm&gtg DteOetc^t nod^ bie meifle dnbuftrie in ber gan}
nicbcrn Slaffc ju pnbcn fci. grciKc^ brfcn totr fic ntd^t mil
einer norbifdên dnbuflrie Dergletdên, bie nic^t aHetn fr Xa^
unb @tunbe, fonbem am guten unb Reitern Sâge fr ben b5fen
unb trben^ im (Sommer fr ben SBinter gu forgen ât. !Da
burd^, bag ber 9torb(nber {ur Sorforge, jur Einrichtung Don
ber Statur gejmungen n^trb, bag bie âudfrau einfaljen unb
ruchern mug^ van bie ^ciê bad ganje da^r gu Derforgen,
bag ber SWann ben $otj* unb g^mc^ttoorrat^, bad ff^ttcr fr
bad S3ie^ nic^t an9 ber 9((^t laffen barf vl f. tt).^ baburc^ n)erben
bie f^nften Sâge unb (Stunben bem enug entjogen unb ber
Arbeit gcmibmet 5!Rc^rcre SWonate lang entfernt man fic^
gern and ber freien guft unb toerttja^rt fldft in Kufern t)or
(Sturm, 9?egen, (S^nee unb jttte; unaufâltfam folgen bie
Oa^redjeiten auf einanbcr, unb jebcr, ber nii^t ju runbe ge^cn
xo\, mug ein âud^lter nêrben. S)enn ed i{t îer gar nid^t bie
fjrage, ob er entbehren tootle; er barf nit^t entbehren tooHen,
er lau n nic^t entbehren tooHen, benn er fann nic^t ent*
beeren; bie 9?atur jtoingt i^n, ju f (Raffen, toorjuarbeitcn. c*
toig âbcn bie 9?aturtoirhmgen, toclê fic^ Oo^rtaufenbe glcid^
bleiben, ben (S^ârafter ber in fo mandêm SBetrad^t el^rtorbigen

norbifcên Stationen bcflimmt. S)agcgcn beurtêilen totr bie
fblicên SSIfer, mit toclcên ber $immet fo gelinbe umge
.qangen ifl, and unferm cftd^tdpunftc gu flreng. SBad $en
be $ a u to in feinen Recherches sur les Grecs, bei cle*
gcn^cit, ha er on ben c^nifdên ^îlofopên fprid^t, gu ugcm
toagt, pagt llig îcrêr. aRan madê fid^, glaubt er, Don
bem cicnbcn ttflttbc folder SKenfd^cn nic^t ben ri^tigflen Se
Otalicmfd^c 3?ct[c. 105

griff; i^r lunbfa^, ailed ju entbehren, fei hvtxij eat $Rma
fe^r begnfHgt, bad aHed gen^^rt. (Sin amter, und elcnb
fcêtnenber SRenfd^ !5nne in ben borttgen egcnben bie nt^tg
{ten unb nd){len S3ebrfntffe ni^t aQein befnebigen, fonbevn bie
2BeIt aufd fc^nfle geniegett Unb eben fo mchte ein fo
genannter neapotitanifcêr 93ett(er bie teOe eined Sicefnigd
in 9?ortt)egen leicht Derfd^mên unb bie S^re audfÎagcn,
toenn i^nt bie Aaiferin Don 9tug(anb bad ouDemement in
Sibirien bertragen tooHte.
tti^ tt)rbe in unfern egenben ein cQnifdêr $î(ofop^
fc^ted^t audbauem, ba hingegen m fbcên Subern bie Statur
gteic^fam baju einlabet. S)er jertuntpte 9]?enfc^ ifl bort nod^
nic^t nacft; berj[enige, ber toeber ein eigened $aud ât, noc^ jttr
SRietlê tt)o^nt, fonbem im (Sommer unter ben Ucberbcfjcm
auf ben d^wellen ber âlfle unb irdên, in ffentdên
fallen bie Stacht jubringt unb ftd^ bei fc^ted^tem Better irgenb
nio gegen ein geringed cÎafgelb unterflecft, ifl begtuegen nod^
nid^t verflogen unb etenb; ein SRenfd^ noc^ nid^t arm, ett er
nid^t fr ben anbem Sâg geforgt lât. SBenn man nur bebentt,
toad bad ftfd^reicê SReer, t)on bcffcn ^robuften ftd^ jene SSttn*
ftên gefetjmgig einige lge ber SOSotê nhren muffen, fr eine
SDtaffe Don 92a^rungdmitte(n anbietet, toit allerlei Dbfl unb
artenfrt^te ju jeber Oa^redgeit im Ueberflu gu âben finb^
toie bie @egenb, toorin 9?eapd liegt, ben 9?amen 2; e r r a b i
S a t) r (nid^t ha^ Sanb ber 31 r b e i t, fonbem bad Sanb bed
%(ierbaued)fic^ Derbienet ât unb bie ganje ^roDinj ben
(Ehrentitel ber gldlidên egenb (Sam))agna
f e (i c e) fcôn da^rûnberte trgt: fo lgt fic^ too^t begreifen^
ie (eic^t bort gu (eben fein mdge.
Ueberlâu))t tofirbe iened $arabopn, eldêd td^ oben getoagl
106 oet{|e9 $rofa.

âbe, 31t manchen Setra^tungm %ntag geicn, wtm {emanb ein
audfu^rKcêd em(be t)on 97eapet }u fd^retben imtemel^tnai
fonte; tooju benn fretttc!^ tern geringe^ ZaUnt unb mattered
3a^r Seobad^tung erforbtrltc!^ feui mchte. Wtan lorbe ate
bann im ganjen t)tcllet(^t bemerfen, bag bet fogenannte S a j a
rone ntd^t nnt ein $aar unt^ttger i aid aDe brigen &a\^
fen, gugleid^ aber auc^ toa^me^men, bag aOe in i^rer %rt nid^t
arbeiten, um blog ju leben, fonbem unt gu g e n i e g e n,
unb bag fte f ogar bei ber Arbeit bed Sebend frol^ merben tooUm.
(Sd errt [l) lîerbnrd^ gar ntancêd: bag bie $anbtt)erter bei
naê burcând gegen bie norbifcên Sauber fe^r jurd ftnb; bag
gabrifen nid^t jn @tanbe tontnten; bag auger ad^mattem
unb Serjten fan Ser^(tnig ju ber grogen SRaffe Don SRenfên
loenig ele^rfamleit angetroffen tt)irb, fo uerbiente SRnner fic^
auc^ im einjelnen bemlên mgen; bag lein TtaUx ber neapo
titanifcên @d^nU j|emald grnbtic^ gett)efen unb grog gemorben
ifl; bag fic^ bie eifUicên im SRgiggange am nio^tfien fein
laffen, unb auc^ bie @rogen i^re ter meifl nur in finuKdên
greuben, ^rad^t unb ^ciihrcttwng geniegen mgen,
S) toeig tooÎ, bag bied Diet ju allgemein gefagt ifl, unb
bag bie SâralterjUge j|eber (Staffe nur erft nac^ euter genauem
93efanntfdâft unb SSeobad^tung rein gejogen toerben fdnnen,
allein im ganjen mrbe man bo^, glaube id^, auf biefe Stefub*
tte treffen.
Si) te^re toieber ju bem geringen Sode in 92eapel gurdf.
9Ran bemerft bei i^nen, txt bei frozen Autbem, benen man
etioad auftrgt, bag fie gfar i^r efd^dft Derric^ten, aber aud^
jugteid^ einen cêrg and bem @efd^ft madden. S)urd^g5ngig
ifl bicfc St iff c Don aSenfcên einc fe^r leb^ften eifle unb
jeigt einen freien, rid^tigen Stidf. ^re pracê foU figftrtid^, '
3ftaltcnt[d&c JRcffc. 101

t^r SBt^ fe^r Ie(âft unb betgenb fern* 2)Qd alte SteDa lag in
bet egenb t)on iReapel, unb toxt xf)X geliebter ûlcineU noc^
jene |)iele fortfefet, fo nimmt bie gang gemeine Stoffe Don
enfdên no^ j|e^t S(ntêit an biefer Saune.
$(iniud, im fnften Kapitel bed britten S3u4d feinet
9?atnrgefcî(^te ^lt Sampanien allein einer toeitluftgen SBe
fc^reibung toert^. (So glcflic^, anmutîg, felig fmb iene
egenben,'' fagte er, \>a% man erfennt, an biefem Drt âbe bie
9?atur fic^ i^re SBer! erfreut 3)enn biefe Sebendluft, bicfe
immer lêilfame Tlilht bed îmmeld, fo fruchtbare gêlber, fo
fonnige ^gel, fo unfc^bdê SSJalbungen, fo fciâttige $aine,
fo nutzbare B&lber, fo luftige 93erge, fo ausgebreitete @aaten,
fo((^ eine tÛe t)on SReben unb Detbftumen, fo ebte SBoQe bet
câfe, fo fette Siaden ber tiere, fo Diet een, fo ein 9tei^s
tûm Don burc^m&ffemben puffen unb OueHeU; fo Die(e SReere,
fo t)ie(e $afen ! 2)ie Srbe felb, bie i^ren @ôog berall bem
ônbet erffnet nnb, gleid^fam Renfcên nad^juê(fen begierig,
ii)re 9rme in bad SReer lînaud fteecft! dd^ erto&^ne nid^t bie
^dîgfeiten ber Renfcên, il^re ebrucê, i^re jtr&fte, unb toie
k)iele SdKer fie burc^ pracê unb âub bermunben lâben !
Son biefem Sanbe fftten bie rieben, ein ôlt, bad fic^ felbfl
unm&gig gu rhmen p^t%U, bad e^renuoUfle Urtêil, iubem fie
einen Stêil bauon roggriedêntonb nannten.''
VabmiOf bcii 8. KmU 1987*

$ier nod^ einiged gufammenfdffenb, nachtrglich unb Det^
traufi^.
SSBir fuhren SDonnerdtag ben 29. SKftrj mit @onnenuntergang
twn 9tea))el unb tonbeten erfl na^ t)ier Sagen um bret U^ tm
1 08 oetêd $rofa
âfett Don Palermo. Sin Hetned IDtariunt, bad t^ Beilegt,
erjÎt bcrlôupt unfcre dîdffale. S) ijaht nie eine 9tcife fo
tuîg angetreten afe biefe, âit nie eine ruhigere 3cit gehabt
ate anf ber bnrd^ beftnbigen egenroinb fcl^r verlngerten
âfyL-t, felbfl auf bem Sette im engen mmerdên, tt)0 ic^ mi(^
bie erflen 2!age galten mute, toeil mid^ bie eefranfêit flarl
angriff. 9Jun benfe ic^ ruîg gu eud^ Ijinber; benn iuenn irgenb
ctma fr mic^ entfcêibenb mar, fo ifl t9 biefe 9teife.
$at man [l) nic^t ringsum tjom SKeerc umgeben gefeên, fo
ât man feinen 93cgriff tjon 9Bett unb von feinem SSer^ttni
jur 33JeIt. Site ?anbf(âft3jei^ncr ât mir biefe groe fimplc
?inie ganj neue ebanfen gegeben.
SBir âben, tt)ie ha^ S)iarium audmeidt, auf bicfer furjen
â^rt mancherlei Slbioec^glungen unb gletc^fam bie cfjidffale
ber eefal^rer im Reinen gehabt. Uebrigen ifl bie idêrtjcit
unb Sequemli^feit be âdetbootd nid^t genug gu toben. 3)er
Sapitn ijl ein fe^r bratoer unb red^t artiger 5IKann. ie
efellfâft mar ein ganjed Sweater, gutgeflttet, leiblid^ unb
angenehm. SRein Snflter, ben ic^ bei mir iiaU, ift ein mun
terer, treuer, guter 2Wenfd^, ber mit ber grten Stccuratcffe
geic^net; er ât aUe unfein unb ften, mie fie fid^ geigten,
umriffen; ed mirb eud^ groe g^reube mad[)en, menu ic^ aUed
mitbringe. Uebrigen ât er mir, bie langen tunben ber
Ueberfa^rt gu tierfrgen, bad 2Wedânifê ber SBaffcrfarbenma*
lerei (SlquarcH), bie man in Italien }efet fc^r od^ getrieben ât,
aufgefd^rieben; toerfle^t fid^ ben ebraud^ gcmiffer gi^bcn, um
gemiffe Snc lêrorgubringen, an benen man fid^, o^ne ha9
eêimni gu miffen, gu Sobe mifdên torbe. 3ft^ âtte too^l
in 9iom mandêd baon erfahren, aber niemate im ^wf^mmen
ânge. 2)ie ^nftler âben ed in einem Sanbe audflubirt, n)te
Stalicntfc^c {Reife. 109

3taficn, tt)ic bicfc ijl. Wlit feinen SSBortcn ifl bic bunfligc
iJIarêit aujubrcfcn, bie urn bie ftcn fd)tt)cbte, ate mir am
fdjnflcn Stad^mittagc gegen âlenno onfu^ren. HDie Steinzeit
bcr Sonture, bie SBeid^^cit beg an;^cn, baS Slu^cinanbcr^
toci^cn bcr X'6nt, bic harmonic pon $immc(, 3Kccr unb @rbf
tt)cr e gefc^cn fjat, bcr f)at e auf fein gan;jc^ febcn. 9iiin
berjlc^* tc^ erft bie SIaubc*iPorratn unb Ijabc Hoffnung, aud)
bercinfl im SJorben au3 meiner cclc dâttcnbilbcr bicfcr gtiid*
liên Bo^nung lêrDorjubrtngen. SBre nur adeS ^(eincê
fo rein barauS meggemafcên ate bie ^(cinêit ber @trol)bcêr
an^ meinen ci^c^^^^flîff^"- 2Bir toottcn fe^cn, tea biefe
Knigin ber 3nfet tûn !ann.
2Bie ftc und empfangen ât, âbe id) feine SSortc audju^
briicfen: mit frifd^grncnbcn SKaulbecrbumcn, immer grnen*
bcm Olcanbcr, Sitronen^cden u. f. . 3n einem ffentlichen
dtten fielen lcite 93eete on Sfanunfcin unb Slncmonen. S)ie
Suft ijl milb, warm unb ttjo^lricd^cnb, ber SBinb lau. S)cr
SRonb gicng baju DoQ hinter einem 3orgcbirge êrauf unb fd)ien
ind SKccr; unb biefen cnu, nad^bcm man ier Sage unb
9?d^te auf bcn S33cQcn gcfd^mcbt ! Scrjci^t, njcnn ic^ mit einer
Pumpfcn JJebcr au3 einer 2;uf(^*3)tufd)cl, au bcr mein ef^rtc
bie Umriffe naAjieljt, bicfc înfriÎc. 6d fommt bo^ mic ein
SiSpctn ju euc^ hinber, inbeg id^ aQcn, bie mid^ lieben, ein
anbcr 3)enfmal bicfer meiner gldliên tunbcn bereite. SSa3
ed tuirb, fage i) nic^t; mann U)r ed erhaltet, fann ic^ an) xiidji
fagen.
ie ^cUige SRofalic, cûtjpatronin t)on Palermo, ifl burc^
bie Sefd)rcibung, todijt Sr^bone on i^rem gcfle gegeben i)at,
fo allgemein befannt gemorben, bag t9 ben ^reunben gemt^
110 ozjt ^rofct

ongenel^m fein vm% ettoad Don bem Orte unb ber !eOe^ mi
fie befonber t)ere^ totrb, gu (efetu
Der Konte ^ccgrrao^ eine groe gêlfenmoffe, breiter att
ô(^, liegt an bem norbmefUidên Snbe bedoIfd on Palermo,
eine ft^ne fjornt lt (td^ mit 3Borten nid^t bcfd^rciben; eine
t)oIIfommene 9(bbilbnng baDon finbet ft^ in bem Voyage pittoresque de la Sice. gr befielt au5 einem grauen fialfftein
ber frtilêm Spodê. 3)ie fjelfen ftnb ganj nadtt; fein S3aum,
fein @trauc^ mftc^dt auf i^nen^ faum ba bie flacÎiegenben
Xfitt mit tttDa9 9lafen unb 3Roo^ bebedft ftnb.
3n einer $lÎe biefe Serge entbedtte man gu Slnfang bc3
t)origen dal^rlûnbertd bie ebeine ber Zeitigen unb brachte fte
nad^ Palermo, d^re egemoart befreite bie Stabt Don ber
$efl, unb 9tofatie mar feit biefem SlugenbltdEe bie (û(^êi(ige
be SoK; man baute il^r Kapellen unb fieQte i^r gu @(}ren
gt&ngenbe êierlic^feiten an.
2)ie ^nbc^tigen mafa^rteten fleiig auf ben 93erg, unb man
erbaute mit groen often einen SSeg, ber loie eine SQaffcr*
leitung auf Pfeilern unb Sogen ru^t unb in einem ^^J^*
}n)tfcên ffoA Spptn înauffteigt
3)er Slnbad^tôrt felbfl ifl ber S)emut^ ber êiligen, tM)t
fxii baîn pd^tete, angemeffener, aid bie prchtigen tiefte, toe(cf)e
man t^rer t)5Digen Sntuerung oon ber 2BeIt ju (S^ren aru
jicttte. Unb Dietteid^t ât bie ganje S^riflcn^cit, toelcê nun
at^tje^nûnbert Oa^re i^ren SSefift, i^re ^rac^t, i^re feiciiid)cn
Suflbarfeiten auf bad Stenb i^rer erflen (Stifter unb cifrigflcn
93e!enner grnbet, feinen êiligen Ort aufjumeifen, ber auf eine
fo unfdûlbige unb gefhlvolle Slrt crjiert unb toerel^rt wre.
SBenn man ben Serg erjlicgcn ât, tocnbct man flc^ um eine
Selfenedfe, mo man einet [teilen fêtdtoanb naê gegenber flef)t,
3taenif(^c SRclfc. Ill

an toeldêr bte Stittt unb bad ^lofler gleic^fam fcflgebaut
fUib.
2)te Slugenfeite ber ftirdê fâi ni^td Sintabeubed noc^ $ev
fprecênbed; man erffnet bie ZijUxt o^ne Smartung, tvirb
aber auf bad tounberbarfle berrafc^t, tnbem man îuetntvitt
WHaa befinbet fi^ unter einer âUe, toetcê in ber breite ber
^trdê binluft unb gegen bad (Sdîff ju offen ifl. Wlan fte^t
in berfelben bie getod^nltcên @efge mit SBei^niaffer unb einige
9ei(^t{tÎe* 3)ad @c^tff ber îrcê ifl ein offener $of, ber,
an ber rechten eite Don raupen Reifen, auf ber (in!en Don
einer Q[ontinuation ber $a(Ie }ugefÎoffen n)irb. Sr ifl mit
@tein)){atten etmad abhngig belegt, bamit bad SRegenmaffer
ablaufen tann; ein Heiner 93runnen fte^t ungefhr in ber
SRitte.
S)ie ^^te fefbfl ifl jum Slôr umgebilbet, o^ne bag man i^r
Don i^rer natrlidên raupen efialt ettoad genommen ^tte.
Sinige Stufen fhren hinauf: gleid^ fle^t ber groge $ult mit bem
Sôrbudê entgegen, auf beiben Seiten bie SôrftiiÎe. Med
n)irb Don bem and bem $ofe ober Schiff einfaHenben 2!aged^
(id^t erleuchtet 2:ief ^tnten, in bem S)untel ber $^te, fle^t
ber âu))ta(tar in ber 9Ritte*
2Ran ât, mie fcôn gefagt, an ber $5^(e nid^td Dernbert;
aDcin ba bie iêtfen immer Don SSaffer trftufetn, mar ed ndt^tg,
ben Ort trodten gu galten. SOtan ât biefed burd^ bleierne
9ttimen bemirft, meldte man an ben Tanten ber ^êlfeu êrge
fl^rt unb Derf^tebentlid^ mit einanber Derbunben ât. S)a fk
oben breit finb unb unten f))i6 gulaufen, aud^ mit einer fd^muîg
grnen Sârbe angefteicên finb, fo fie^t ed fafl and, aid menu
bie $5^(e inmenbig mit grogen âftudarten bemac^fen tore.
âd Baffer toirb têUd feitmrtd, t^cild hinten in einen Karen
112 @oetê9 ^rofo.

Se()Qltet geleitet, tooxava ed bte tubtgen f^Sfifett mi gegen
oQcrlet Ue6e( gebraucêtu
3)a xij btefe cgenflftnbe genau betra^tete, trat ein eifb
Itdêr 3u mir unb fragte mid^, 06 ic^ ettoa ein enuefer fei unb
einige SKcffen tooKte Icfcn laffcn. Od^ toerfefete i^m barauf, it^
fei mit einem enucfcr nad^ Palermo gefommen, etcher mor
gen, ate an einem JJcptagc, êraufpcigcn rbe. a immer
einer toon un ju âufe bleiben mte, wre id^ êute* herauf*
gegangen, mic^ umjufeên. @r êrfe^te barauf, id) md^te mid^
aller ^reiêit bebienen, ade^ nôÎ betrachten unb meine 3)e))otion
t)errid]tcn. Sefonbcr mt9 er mic^ an einen ttar, ber linte in
ber Îe flanb, afe ein bcfonbere ^ciligtûm, unb toere mid^.
Sij fa^ burd^ bie Oeffnungcn einc3 groen, au3 SKcffina ge*
tricbcncn Saubiuerfg dampen unter bcm Slltar êrtjorfcîmmem,
fnicte ganj naê baor în unb blidfte bur^ bie Deffnungen.
@ mar inmenbig noc^ ein ittertoer! toon feinem gcflod^tencm
SKcffingbra^t orgcgogcn, fo bag man nur wie burd^ einen iJtor
ben egenpanb baînter untcrfd^cibcn fonnte.
Sin fd^ne grauenjimmcr erblidtte id^ bei bem dêin einiger
piflcn Sampen. ic lag wie in einer 3lrt tion Sntjdtung, bie
Slugcn âlb gefdÎoffcn, ben opf nadÎffig auf bie redete $anb
gelegt, bie mit t)ie(en 9tingen gefd^mdft war. S) fonnte ha9
Silb nic^t genug betrad^ten; e3 fdîen mir ganj bcfonbere SReije jn
aben. 3^r (Sewanb ifl au0 einem tocrgolbcten Slct^ getrieben,
wc(d]ed einen reid^ t)on (Sotb gewirlten @toff gar gut naâ^mt
Sopf unb nbe on weiem SRarmor finb, id^ barf nic^t fagcn,
in einem ô()en til, aber bod^ fo natrlich unb gefllig ge
arbeitet, ba man glaubt, fic mte Sltêm ôlcn unb fic^ be*
wegen, gin flcincr @ngel fteljt neben i^r unb fcêint i^r mit
einem Sicnftengel ^^tung juguweên
Otaenift^c Steife. 118

UnterbefTen toaxtn bte etflcên m bte ^Îe gclommeit,
Ratten fi(^ auf t^re tÎc gcfetjt unb fangen bic SSc^pcr, Sdft
fcfete mid^ auf eine San! gegen bem Slttar ber unb ^rte i^nen
eine Beite gu; atebann begab iij miij toieber jum Zitate,
fniete ttiebcr unb fuc^te ba fd^ne Silb ber êiligen nod^ beut
tiefer gemalt ju nêrbcn. dc^ bereg mic^ ganj ber teijenben
aaufion ber eflalt unb be Orte.
er efang ber eijHidên toerllang nun in ber ^^te, ba
SBaffcr riefelte in ha9 Se^ltnig glcid^ neben bem ltare ju^
fammen, bie berângenben greifen bc Sorôf, be eigentlidêti
@d^tff ber îrdê, fd^toffen bie @cene nod^ me^r ein. 6 mar
eine groge (Stide in biefer gteic^fam lieber au^gefiorbenen SBfle;
eine groe 9icintid[)!eit in einer tt)i(bcn ^^te: ber ^Jtterpuft
be âtôtifcên, befonber ficitianifcên ottebien{le, îer
nod^ gunc^fl feiner natrtid^cn (Einfalt; bie dufion^ toeldê
bie @eftalt ber fd^5nen dÎferin êrt)orbrad^te^ aud^ einem ge
bten Sluge nod^ reigenb genug, id^ tonnte mid^ nur mit
@d[)n)ierig!eit Don biefem Orte loreigen unb fam erjl in fp&ter
Sfladft toieber in Palermo an.
3n bem ffentlidên @arten, unmittelbar an ber Strebe,
brachte ic^ im ftiHen bie t)ergngte{ten tunben ju, S i{t ber
tounberbarfle Ort Don ber SBelt 9tegelmig angelegt, fdêint
er un boc^ feenhaft; Dor nic^t gar langer ^tit gepflanjt Der^
fet er in Slltertûm. rne S3eeteinfaffungcn untfd)c6ett
frembe ett)d)fc; Sitronenfpatiere totben fid^ jum nicbKd|cn
Saubengange; ôê 3Bnbe be Oleanber, gefc^mdft on tau^
fenb rotten neltenâften SBItên, toden ba 9uge; gang frembe,
mir unbefannte Sume, no^ ol^ne Saub, ma^rfdêtnlid) au mr
It4 @oetê9 $rofa.

tncrn egenben, Dcrbrcitcn fcltfamc S^^î^- Sine întcr bcm
fladên Staum er^S^te Sant lgt einen fo munberfam Derfc^tung^
cncn S33at^tûm berfeên unb Icnft ben SSKdf julcfct auf groe
Saffin, in hjcld^cn olb< unb itberfifcê fid^ gar ficblicl^ bt^
bcgcn, balb jld^ unter bemooste Sjgren Derbergen, balb njieber
fcâarennjci, burd^ einen S3iffcn 93rot gelodt, fid^ berfainnicln.
%n ben ^flanjen erfcfjeint burdâud ein rn, ha9 mir nicfjt ge
mo^nt ftnb, balb gelblicher, balb b(auti(êr ate bei uni(. SBaS
aber bent anjen bie munberfantfle Slnntutl^ tcr(ie^, mar ein
Parier 3)uft, ber fit^ ber alle gleid^frmig Verbreitete, mit fo
mernid^cr Birhtng, bag bie egenftnbe, auc^ nur einige

Schritte lînter einanbcr entfernt, ftc^ entfcîebener lêQblau von
etnanber abfetzten, fo bag i^re eigent^ntltdê ârbe jule^t t)er
toren gieng ober menigflend fe^r berblut fie fic^ beut Sluge
barflellten.
SBelcê lounberfame Anficht ein folc^cr Duft entferntem
egenftnben, Riffen, SSorgcbirgcn ertêilt, i|i fr ein mates?
rifdê 9[uge merfmrbig genug, inbem bie S)i{lan}en genau
}u unterfdêtben, j|a ;iu meffen finb; begmegen aud^ ein (Spanier
gang auf bie $^c ^d^jl reijenb marb. Ttan fa^ feine 9?atur
me^r, fonbem nur Silber, toie fte ber fnfld^fte SKalet burd^
Saftren aueinanber geftuft l^tte.
9ber ber (SinbrudC jene SSunbergartend mar mir gu tief ge*
btteben; bie fc^mrjliên Bcden am nrblidên ôrijonte, i^r
Stnfheben an bie Sut^tfrmmungen, felb jl ber eigene eruc^ be
bnjlenben SDleere, ba alle rief mir bie Snfel ber feligen
^âfen in bie inne, fo mie in3 ebd^tni. Sij eilte
foglei^, einen $omcr ju laufen, Jenen efang mit groer Sr*
bauung ju lefen unb eine Ueberfefeung an9 bem tegreif nie<
pen orjittragen, ber moÎ erbicnte, bei einem guten Iaff
3taentfc^c JRcife. - 115

SBefai Dott femett fhettgen heutigen 93emûngen Beâgltc^ au^
2uruetu
Galtantfetta, onnabenb ben 28. 7lpt\L
êute tonnen totr benn enbltd^ fagen^ bag un^ ein anfcâuttcêi
Segrtff geworben, tt)ie icien ben S^rennamen einer oni^
fammer Italien erlangen tonnen* Sine trecte, naijbtm to'vc
irgenti erlajfen, peng ber fru(^tbare Soben an. 6g fmb
leine groen JJIên, aber fanft gcgeir iinanber loufenbe Serg*
unb ^gelrden, bnrd^gngig mit SBeijcn unb (Serjie befteDt,
bie eine nnuntcrbrodêne SKaffe t)on ^ni^tborfeit bcm Singe
barbieten, 2)er bicfen ^flanjcn geeignete Soben tt)irb fo be*
nut^t unb fo gefront, bag man nirgenbd einen 93aum fielet, fa
alle bie fleinen Ortfâften unb SQ3onungen liegen auf 9tcfen
ber get, too eine lînflreid&enbe Steige Sallfelfen ben Soben
o^nelîn unbrauchbar mac^t* 2)ort U)oI)nen bie 2Bciber bad
ganje 3a^r, mit (Spinnen unb SQSeben befd^ftigt, bie Jinner
hingegen bringen gur eigentlichen (Spodê ber iêtbarbeit nur
@onnabenb unb Sonntag bei i^nen ju; bie brigen Sâge
bleiben fie unten unb gieen ftc!^ nad^td in Sto^r^tten jurd.
Unb fo toar benn unfer SBunfc^ bi gum Ueberbrug erfllt; tt)ir
Ratten und ^^riptolemd i^getoagen getonfd^t, um biefer Sin
frmigfeit ju entfliegen.
9?un ritten toir bei l^ciem onnenfdêin burtft biefe tojlc
t^rud^tbartcit unb freuten und, in bem too^tgelegenen unb loo^t
gebauten Sattanifetta jule^t anjutommen, too nîr jebod^ aber
matd t)ergebti(!^ um eine leibliê Verberge bemht nâren. 2)ie
SRauttîere flehen in pr^tig gctolbten tQen, bie ^nec^te
fÎafen auf bem tee, ber ben S^îeren bejiimmt ijl, ber grembc
aber mug feine $audâltung t)on t)om anfangen. Sin allen
falld ju bejielênbed 3itnmer mug er gereinigt toerben. tii6ê
116 oetê6 $rofcL

unb Sdnfe gt6t ed ntd^t ntan ftt^t auf ntebrtgen 935den ))on
ftarfcni ôtj ; S^tfc^c jinb au^ nic^t gu pnbcn.
2Bi2 man jene Sdc in SScttfgc umtuanbcln, fo gc^t man
gum SîfcÎcr unb borgt fo icl Srcttcr, al nt^tg fmb, gegen
cine gett)iffe 2Wiete. 3)er grogc ûc^tenfad, ben un3 âdert
gelteren, fam btegmal fe^r ju gute unb n)arb t)orluftg mit
.acterting angefllt.
SJor aDem aber mute nêgcn be^ Sffen^ Slnjlalt getroffen
toerben. 2Bir Ratten untettoeg eine ênne gelauft; bcr SSet
turin toar gegangen, SRei^, alj unb pecereien anjufcâffen:
toeil er aber nie îcr getoefen, fo blieb lange unerrtert, ttjo benn
eigentlid^ getod^t toerben foQte, n)02U in bei: Verberge felbfl feine
Gelegenheit toar gnbti^ ht(\vitmtt fid) ein lttiêr 33rger,
$crb unb ôlj, dên unb Sifc^gertê gegen ein SSillige êr*
jugeben unb un^, inbeffen gcfod^t txhe, in ber @tabt erum
juf^ren, enbli^ auf ben SDtarft, tt)0 bie angefeênflen gin*
too^ner nad^ anter SaSeife um^crfaen, fu^ unterhielten unb
on un3 unterhalten fein tooten,
SBir muten on ^nebric^ bem ^weiten erjagten, unb i^re
S;êitna^me an biefem groen Knige n)ar fo lebhaft, ba n)ir
feinen Sôb t)erê^tten, um nid^t burd^ eine fo unfetige âijxxfi
unfern Birtên uerât ju toerben
^n9 ber Srtmtermtg*

3Bar ttft nun bur^ bie egeutoart unb S^Stigfeit eine ge
(cîdtten ^nftter unb burc^ eigene, obgtei^ nur einzelne unb
fc^rocêre S3emûngen getoi, ba mir t)on ben intereffanteflen
egenben imb i^ren Xêiten fefle, tooÎgetoîte Silber, tnt
^talicmfcê $Rcife. 117

Umri unb naij 93cticbcn anij ou^gcftil^rt, bleiben torben, fa
gab i^ urn fo nte(}r einem nac^ nnb nad^ anflebenben Drange
na), bie gegentDrtige êrrttdje Umgebung, bad SDletx, bie 3n
fein, bie ^fen, burd^ poetifcê ttjrbigc eflatten ju beleben
unb mir auf unb au biefem l?o!at cine Sompojttion ju bilbei^
in einem innc unb in einem Son, tvie i) fie nod^ ni(!^t êror
gcbrad^t. Die larêit bed îmmete, bcr ôud^ bed Sfteere,
bie Dfte, ttjoburd^ bie ebirgc mit îmmel unb SRecr gteic!^*
fam in c i n Slement aufgelst ttjurben: ailed bieg gab 9la^*
rung meinen SSorf^jen, unb inbem ic^ in jenem f d^nen off entlid^cn
Oarten jnjifdên bliiênben êcten on Oleanber burc^ l?auben
t)on fru^ttragcnben Orangen* unb Sitroncnbumen toanbelteunb
jttjifdên anbem Sumen unb trumen, bie mir unbclannt
waren, crweitte, ff|Itc ic^ ben frcmbcn Sinflug auf bad aller
angeue^mpe.
3d[) âtte mir, berjeugt, ba cd fr mid^ feinen bcffern Som*

mentar jur Ob^ffee geben fnnc, aid eben gcrabc biefe lebcnbigc
Umgebung, ein (êmptar crfdâfft unb lad cd na^ meiner Slrt
mit unglaublidêm lnt^cil. S)od^ nmrbe id^ gar balb ju eigner
^robultion angeregt, bie, fo fettfam ftc aud^ im crflen ugcnblidtc
fdîcn, mir bod^ immer lieber nârb unb mid^ enbli^ ganj bc
fd^ftigte. -Sd^ ergriff nmli^ ben Ocbanfen, ben cgcnjianb
ber 9?au{lfaa aid S^ragbie ju bcânbcln.
(Sd ifi mir felbfl nid^t m5gli^, abjufclên, toad t^ baraud
lorbe gemalt âben, aber id^ mar ber ben $Ian balb mit
mir einig. 3)cr âuptfmn mar ber: in ber Staufifaa eine
treffliche, on tjielen umworbene Jungfrau bargujleUcn, bie, pc^
feiner Steigung bcttjugt, e îêier bidder ablc^nenb beânbelt,
burd^ einen feltfamen grembng aber gerhrt, and i^rem 3'
(lanb êraudtritt unb burcft eine t)oreiIigc Sleugerung i^rer Sici*
lis octêd $rofa.

gung fic^ compronttttH toad bte Situation tiollfommen tea*
gifd^ mad^t. 3)icfc cinfoc^c gabcl foUte burd^ ben JRcid^tûm
ber fuborbinirten Snotitie unb befonberd bur^ bad Wcci* unb
3nfclâftc bcr eigentlichen udf^tung unb bed bcfonbern Sôn?
erfreulic!^ toerben.
er erfle 31ft begann mit bem 93a%ieL S)ie nnemj artete
SBefanntfdâft toirb gemad^t, unb bie SSebenfticÎeit, ben t^rem
ben ni^t fetbfl in bie @tabt gu fhren, tutrb fdôn ein Sorbote
ber 9?cigung.
S)er gmette ^ e())onirte bad $aud bed SQcinoud/ bie Sâ
raftere ber greier unb enbigte mit bem gintritt bed Ul^jfed.
S)er britte tear ganj bcr Sebeutfamfeit bed benteurerd
getoibmet, unb xij ôffte, in ber bialogtrten (Srga^tung feiner
Abenteuer, bie on ben erfdîebenen 3"^rem fe^r Derfd)iebett
oufgenommen tuerben, etnâd ^nfitiêd unb Srfreutidêd ju
leifien. SB^renb ber @rj^tung erl)ên ftc!^ bie Seibenfcâften,
unb ber lebhafte ftntêtl 9?aufttaad an bem trembling toirb
bur^ SBirfung unb @egenn)irtung enbtic^ êr))orgef(^tagen.
3m t)ierten Sift bet^tigt Ut^ffed auger ber @cene feine Xap^
ferleit, inbeffen bie i^raucn jurcfbteiben unb ber Steigung, ber
Hoffnung unb aQen garten efÎen 9taum laffen S3ei ben
grogen SJortêilen, totiije ber t^rembUng bat)on trgt, ^(t ficl^
9{aufitaa nod^ tueniger jufammen unb compromittirt fic^ vm*
to)iberruf(i(^ mit i^ren Sanbd(euten* Ul^g, ber lâlb fdûlbig,
âlb unfdûlbig biefed aded t)eranlagt, mug ftc^ gule^t aid einen
dêibenben erltren, unb ed bleibt bem guten Rbdên nic^td
fibrig, old im legten %te ben Sob ju fuên.
(Sd xoax in biefer (Sompofition ni^td, toaQ \) nic^t and eignen
(Erfahrungen nad) ber Statur ^tte audmaten fnneiu elbf)
auf ber Steife, fetbft in efa^r, Steigungen gu enegen, bie, menu
ffiitêlm aReifter Se^ria^re. 119
Pc ou^ Icin tragifdê^ Snbe neunten, bod^ fcl)mcr^(ic6 genug,

gef^rlid^ unb fd^blid) werben lnnen; felbjl in bem âUe, in
einer fo groen Entfernung tjon ber eimat abgelegene egen*
flnbc, SReifeabenteuer, SebengorfIIe ju Unterhaltung ber @e*
feUfcâft mit lebljaften garben aujumalen, on ber 3ugenb
fr einen $atbgott; on gefe(jten êrfonen fr einen Sluffc^nct*
ber gelâlten gu nêrben, mand)e unt)erbiente unjl, mandêd
nnertnartete înbemig ju erfahren: ba^ aOed gab mir ein \oU
ijt^ ^[ttadêment an biefen $tan^ an biefen Sorfat^, bag i^
barber meinen Sufentâlt ju âtermo, [a ben grten Stêil
meiner brigen pcitianifdên Steife vertrumte. S33eatb id^
benn au^ t)on aOen Unbequemlid^feiten loenig empfanb, ba i^
mid^ auf bem berctafftfdên 93oben in einer poetifên @tinu
mung fllte, in ber i^ ha9, xoa9 lif erfuhr, toa9 i(^ fa^, toad
xi) bemertte, toad mir entgegentam, aQed au[f ffen unb in einem
crfreudên efg betoa^ren fonnte.
âdj meiner lbtiên ober unlbdên etoo^nêit f^rieb
id^ toenig ober nid^td bat)on auf, arbeitete aber ben grten
Siêil bid aufd le^te S)etail im eifle burd^, too ed benn, burc^
nac^fotgenbe ^^^^P^^^^wngen gurdtgebr&ngt liegen gebliebe,
bid ic^ gegentortig nur eine fid^tige Erinnerung bat)on jurdC
ntfe*
S93tlêltn ReifterS Se^rjolire.
1.
San. âtte SSJillêtmen gefagt, ba er ja gelegentd^ be 8
frinjen Siebling, Stacine, loben unb babur^ auc^ t)on fld^ eine
gute 9}{einung ertoedten foQe. @r fanb baju an einem folgen
SRac^mittage Gelegenheit, ba er aud^ mit t)orgeforbert toorbcn
120 (Sottfft^ ^rofcL

toar unb bcr frinj i^n frogte, 06 er auc^ fiA^î bie grogen
franjfifd^cn Ul^catcrfd^riftjlcHcr Ccfc? barauf i^m benn SBit
ê(m mit einem fe^r lebhaften 3a attttoortete. (Sr bemetfte
nid^t, bag ber ^x^t, o^ne feine Snhort abjutoarten, fcôn im
Segriff loar, {Ic^ n)eg mtb ju {emanb anberm ju nienben, er
fagte i^n tiietme^r foglei^ unb trat i^m beinahe in ben 3Beg,
tnbem er fortfuhr: er f^fee ba^ franjpfcê Iêater fe^r oc^
mib lefe bie Serfe ber groen 5IReijler mit Sntjtidcn; befonber
lâbe er ju magrer i^reube ge^5rt, bag ber t^rft ben grogen
Talenten eines 9tacine t)5IIige erec^tigfeit n)iberfa^ren laffe.
Sil lann c8 mir DorfleHen/ fu^r er fort, toie ome^mc unb
erhabene êrfoncn einen IBid^ter fd^feen muffen, ber bie 3*
ftnbe i^rer ^5êm SJer^ltniffe fo t>ortreffIi(^ unb rid^tig fît
bert. Someitte ât, enn id^ fo fagen barf, groge Rcnfcên
bargeftedt unb 9}acine t)omel^me êrfonen. Sd) lann mir,
menn idj feine @t(fe lefe, immer ben 2)i4ter benfen, ber an
einem gtdnjenben $ofe (ebt, einen grogen Anig or 9(ugen ât,
mit ben 93eflen umgebt unb in bie eêimniffe ber SReufd^êit
bringt, toie fle P(^ hinter lojlbar getoirften lapeten verbergen.
SBenn id^ feinen Sritannicu^, feine 93erenice flubire, fo fommt
t9 mir tovMiij Dor, ic^ fei am $ofe, fei in ba^ roge unb (eine
biefer Sol^nungen ber irbifên 5tter eingemei^t, unb id^ felê,
burc^ bie 9ugen eined feinfÎenben i^ranjofen, Knige, bie

eine ganje Station anbetet, ôfteute, bie Don Diel Sâufenben
Beneibet erben, in i^rer natrlidên eflatt mit i^ren geilem
unb (S(^mer3en. S)ie ^nelbote, bag 9{acine ftd^ jn Sôbe ge
grSmt âbe, meil Submig ber Sierje^nte i^n nid^t me^r ange
feên, i^n feine Ungufricbenêit ff)Ien taffen, ifl mir ein
@d^lffel, JU allen feinen Serfen, unb ed ifl unmgfic^, bag
ein 3)id^ter Don fo grogen Sâlenten, beffen Seben unb 3:ob an
aSUlêlm aneifter lê^ria^re. 121

ben %tgen eined Adniged I)ftngt, ntd^t auc^ ^tde f(!^rei(en
foOe, bte bed SSeifaOd etned ^dniged unb ctned iûtjlcn tuert^
feieiu"
3amo tt)ar êrbei getreten unb ^rte unfevcm ^rcunbe mit
SJcrmnnbcrung gu; ber tJrfl, ber ni^t geantmoutct unb nut
mit einem gefKigen ^(tde feinen SeifaQ gegeigt âtte, n)anbte
fl^ feitmrtd, obglei^ SBitêtm, bem e^ nod^ unbetannt xmx,
bag ed nid^t anjlnbig fei, unter \old)tn Umfluben einen S)id
turd fortfeên unb eine iDtaterie erf^pfen ju nôQcn, no^ gerne
me^r gefprodên unb bem i^ttrflen gejeigt ^tte, bag er nid^t
ol^ne Sinfecn unb OefÎ feinen ?iebtingbic^tcr gclefen.
âben @ie benn niemals/ fagte damo, inbem er i^n bei
@eite na^m, tva @tdt t)on @afefpearen gefe^cn ?"
wSicin," berfeftte SBilêlm; benn feit ber ^tit, ha^ fie in
S)eutfc^(anb betannter geworben ftnb, bin i^ mit bem Xêatcr
unbetannt Uiorben, unb ic^ n)eig nid^t, ob i^ mid^ freuen foQ,
bag fic^ Sufdtg eine alte {ugenblidê Liebhaberei unb S3cfc^fti
gung gegenn^rtig toithtx erneuerte, dnbeffen ât mic^ ac9,
tuad iij t)on {enen @td(en gehrt, nic^t neugierig gemacht,
folê feUfame Ungeheuer nêr tennen ju lernen, bie ber aQe
SBa^rfcêin^teit, aQen So^tflanb înaudjnfd^rciten fdêinen/
Odft toifl S^nen benn bo^ ratzen/ t)crfe(jte jener, einen
Serfu^ }u machen; ed tann n^d^td fcâben, n)enn man auc^ bad
@ettfame mit eigenen 9ugen fle^t dd^ nîll d^nen ein paar
SCêtle borgen, unb (Sie Knnen 3re 3^^^ ^^W Keffer annjcn
ben, a(d mxttt @ie ftd) gteic^ on aQen (odmadjen unb in ber
Cinfamleit 3^rer alten SBo^nung in bie 3^"^crlatcmc bicfer
unbefannten SBelt fe^cn. @d ift fnblidj, ha^ ie OI)rc tun
ben erbcrbcn, biefe Slffen menfdÎid)er audjuputjen itnb bief
ûnbe taugen ju (eieren. 9htr eind bebinge i^ mir and. baf
122 oetê9 Sxd]a.

Sie fl(^ an bte ôrm trid^t flogen; bo9 brige fann xii d^rem
rid^tigen eflc berlaffen."
Die ^fcrbe jlanben ot bcr Zf^x, nnb 3arno fetjtc jldj mii
einigen Saalteren auf, nnt ftc^ mit ber dagb 3U ertfligen.
Bilêlm fa^ i^m traurig na^. (Sr ^tte gerne mit biefem
Ranne noc^ t)ieled gefprodên, ber i^m, t9ien)0Î auf eine mu
freunblid)e 3trt, neue 3been gab, 3been, bercn er beburfte.
S)er Wttn^d) fommt man^mal, inbem er ftd^ einer Sntmitf

lung feiner rfte, JJîgfeiten nnb SBegriffe nfiêrt, in eine
Scrlegenêit, an ber im ein guter ^xevmh leicht Reifen lnnte.
6r gleicht einem 9Banberer, ber ni^t loeit t)on ber Verberge ind
affer fttt; griffe j[emanb fogleid^ ju, riffe i^n and Sanb, fo
mre ed um einmal nag itierben getlân, anflatt ha^ er fid^ auc^
moÎ felbfl, aber am jenfeitigen Ufer, lêraudîtft unb einen ht^
fc^njertid^cn toeitcn Umicg nac^ feinem befiimmten 3^^^^ J^
madden ât.
SBilêlm fieng an ju mittem, bag ed in ber 2Be(t anberd
gugeê, aid er ft^ ed gebac^t @r fa^ bad n)id^tige unb beben^
tungdt)oIIe Stbtn ber SJome^men unb rogen in ber 9{ê unb
t)enounberte ftc^, loie einen leichten %tflanb fle i^m }u geben
tt)ugtcn. 6in êer aitf bem Karfcê, ein frftlid^cr etb an
feiner pitje, fo iete mitroirfenbe rieger, fo Dtcte gubringenbe
33cre^rcr er^^ten feine Sinbilbungdfraft. 3n biefer timmung
erîett er bie t)erf))rodênen Sucher, unb in furjem, toxt man ed
ennutên lann, ergriff i^n ber trom jened grogen Oeniud
unb fhrte in einem unberfe^liên 97}eere ^n, toorin er fic^
gar balb uQtg uergag im\> t)erlor.
2.
aBilê(m lâtte faum einige td(e lâfef))eared gele)en. afd
asilliclm 9Bciftcrd gc^rjalirc. 12

t^re SBtrlung aitf t^n fo flarf urbe^ bag er loetter fottjufa^ren
nxijt im tanbe niar. cine ganje cctc geriet)^ in ewe*
gung. Sr fud^te elcgcu^cit, mit 3orno ju f^)rc(ên, unb fonntc
i^m nid^t genug fr bie crfdâffte ^rcube banfen.
^) ôbe e^ too^t tjorau^gefe^cn," fagtc biefer, ,M^ Si
gegen bie ^^reffc^teit be^ augerorbentli^flen tmb tDunberbar
{len aOer ci^riffteQer nid^t unempfinbtic^ bteiben iourben.''
da/ rief 2Bt(êtm au^, id^ erinnere mic^ nic^t bag ein
&vidj, ein SJicnfc^ ober irgenb eine Gegebenheit bed gebend fo
groe SQSirfnngen auf mic^ lêrorgebrat^t ^ttc, a bie fjl
lidên tdfe, bie idj hvcc) S^re Otigleit âbe fennen lernen.
@ie fdêinen ein SBert eined îmmfcên eniud }u fein, ber ftd^
ben Kenfcên nhert, um fte mit fic^ fclbft auf bie gelinbejle
Beife befannt ju madden. (Sd fmb leine ebid^te! 9an
gtaubt t)or ben aufgefcfitagenen Ungeheuern ^niftm bed dîd(
fa(d gu flehen, in benen ber turmminb bed bemegteflen liebend
faufl unb fte mit en)a(t rafd^ in unb nîeber blttert. Sii)
bin ber bie trfc imb Sart^tt, ber bie ema(t unb 9{uê
fo erflaunt unb auger aQer (Raffung gebracht, bag id^ nur mit
e^nfud)t auf bie 3cit toaxtt, ha xi) mid^ in einem 3i^f^^^^<
befinben tocrbe, toeiter gu tefen."
S3rat)o/ fagte 3amo, inbem er unferm ^reunbe bie $anb
reichte unb fte im brdCte, fo tooUtt iij ed aben ! unb bie
gôtgen, bie xi) ôffe, n)erben gen)ig aud^ nid^t audbleiben/
irdd^ tonf^te," oerfc^te 9Bi(êIm, bag id^ 3^nen aOed, ta9
gegenmdrtig in mir t)orge^t, entbedten fnnte. Wit S3orgef^(e,

bie i^ j[cma(d ber SDienfd^êit unb i^re dîcffale gehabt, bie '
mid^ t)on dugenb attf, mir felbfl unbemerft, begleiteten, ftnbe
t(^ in âlcfpeared tdcn crfHt unb enttoidtelt. Sd fcêint,
ai9 tcnn er und aQe Stt^fel offenbarte, ol^ne bag man bod^ fagen
124 oetêd ^rofo.

(aim: f^xtt ober ia tfl ba^ Sott ber 'uflofung. emcJlenfdêtt
fdêtnen natrlt^ Wltnî^cn ju fem^ unb fte finb cd hod) nid^t
3)tefe gcêtmntgtioflen unb jufammcngefe^tejlen efc^pfe ber
9Zatur ânbeln or und in feinen Etden, atd enn fte U()ren
t'dxtn, bereu 3iffc^blatt unb cûfe man t)on ^r^flaU gebilbel
^tte; fte geigen nad^ i^rer 93efiimmung ben Sauf ber @tunben an,
itnb nton tann jugleid^ bad SRber unb êberttier! erlenncn, bad
fle treibt. 3)iefe toenigen Slide, bie id) in âfefpearcd
2Be(t getrau, reigen mic^ me^r aid irgenb etmad anbered, in ber
toirfliên 2BeIt fc^neKere (ôrtfc^ritte t)om}rtd gu tûn, ntic^
in bie i^tut ber (Scîdfale ju ntifên, bie ber fie cr^ngt
fiub, unb bereinft, iDenn ed mir gtden foQte, and bem groen
SOêere ber nia^ren 97atur wenige Sedier gu fc^pfen unb fte t)on
ber (Sdâub^ne bem led^jenben ûbUfum meined Satertanbed
audjufpenben."
nSBie freut mi^ bie emt^dt)erfajfung, in ber ij Sie fcê/
berfegte damo unb legte bem bemegten dngling bie $anb auf
bie dûlter. Saffen Sie ben SSorfafc nic^t fahren, in ein
t^tiged Seben berjugeên, unb eilen @ie, bie guten da^re, bie
O^nen gegnnt finb, toadtx ju nuên. Sann id^ d^nen beîlf
liij fein, fo gefîe^t ed uon ganjem $er}en 3lo6) âbe id^
nid^t gefragt, mie Sie in biefe efcHfdôft gefommen finb, fr
bie te meber geboren no^ erjogen fein tonnen. @o oiel ôffe
id^ unb felê id^, bag @te ftd^ êraudfe^nen. Sdj toeig nic^td
t)on d^rer êrtunft, tion 3ren ûdlidên UmflSnben; berlegen
ic, tt)ad ie mir vertrauen toollcn. o Diel !ann x6) Q^ncn
nur fagen, bie 3citen bed riegcd, in benen toir leben, fnnen
fd)nene SQSed^fel bed lded êrt)orbringen; mgen ic 3l)re
tfte unb Sâlente unferm 3)ienjle nîbmctt, SR^c unb, tcnn
ed 9iot^ tût, efa^r nid^t fdêuen, fo âbe id^ eben j|e|ô einr
jC ' SB^cIm SKctfter gcW^^rc. 125

clcgcnl^cit, @tc an einen ^ta(j jn jlellenriffn cine 3^1^ ô^fl
6ggldtet ju lâben, ie in ber JJoIge nirf)t gcrcucn ivb." SBtt
êtm fonnte feinen !)anl nid^t genng au^brcfen unb mar miUig^
feinem JJrennbc unb Sefc^^ct bie ganjc cfdîd^tc feinet
gebend gu erjagten, v^
SDletina âtte Hoffnung, in einer Heinen aber toolÎâbenben
tabt mit feiner efeDfdâft unterjnfommcn. côn befanben
pe fi^ on bem Orte, ttjolîn fte bie "iferbe be Orafcn gebrad^t
fatten, unb faên fi^ nadj anbem SQSagen unb ^ferben urn,
mit bencn fie weiter ju fommen ôfften. 2Relina âtte ben
Sranport bernommen unb jeigte flc^ nad^ feiner ctt)0^nêit
brigens fe()r forg. ogegen lâtte 3BiIe(m bie fc^nen 3)u*
taten ber rfm in ber lafê, ouf bereu frÎicê Sertt)enbung
er ba grte Stecht ju ôben glaubte, unb fe^r leidet t)erga6 er^

ba er fie in ber flattdên SUanj, bie er ben einigen gufîdtte,
fdôn fe()r ru^mrebig aufgefhrt lâtte.
ein grcunb âlefpeare, \izxi er mit groer iJreubc oudj af
feinen âtfjen anerlannte unb fi(^ nur um fo lieber SBilêtm
nennen lie, âtte i^m einen ^rinjen befannt gemalt, ber pd^
unter geringer, ja fogar fdÎe^ter cfeDfâft eine ^t\i lang
aufhlt unb, ungcadjtet feiner eblen 9?atur, an ber 3to^êit, Un^
fîtftid^feit unb Sllbemêit fotdijcr ganj finnlicên Surfdijc fid^ y
erge(jt. $^fl illlommen toaar i^m ba Qbeat, womit er \/
feinen gegenwrtigen 3"P^^^ tergteicên fonnte, unb bet
clbflbetrug, ttjoju er eine fafl unberttjinblidê Steigung fprte,
Warb i^m babur^ auerorbentli^ erlei^tert.
Sr peng nun an, ber feine leibung nad^jubenfen. Sr fanb
ba ein ScPcên, ber bad xaxiXi im SJot^faO einen btcjeo
126 oetê9 ^rofa.

Rontel tofttfc, fr einen SBanbcrcr cine Jc^r ongcmcfTcne Ztaifi
fel ?ange gcfhirfte ScinHctbcr unb ein $aar ^nrpicfcln
fdjiencn bie a^re Sradjt cinc3 56gSngcr3. 3)ami crfcâffte
er fic^ cine f(^nc fcibne (^rpe, bie er jucrjl unter bcm S3or^
toanht, ben !?eib toavm }u fatten, untbanb; bagegen befreite er
feinen $a on ber flne^tfcâft einer Sinbe unb He fid^ einige
treifen 9?cffeltu(i^ an^ ênibc êftcn, bie ober cttt)a3 breit ge^
rietlên unb bad t)5(Iige ^nfe^n eined antuen fragend erîettetu
S)a fd^nc feibne âtetuc^, bad gerettete Hubcnfcn Kariancnd,
lag nur loder getnpft unter ber neffeltu^nen âufe Sin
runbcr $ut mit einem bunten 93anbe unb einer groen têber
mad^te bie 3)tadferabe tôDlommen.
2)ic grauen bet^cuerten, biefe Srad^t taffe i^m t)orjgfi(l^
gut. $iline flcllte pd) ganj bejaubert barber unb bat fiij
feine fc^nen $aare aud, bie er, um bem natrlidên 3bcat nur
beflo nêr ju fornmen, unbarm^rgig abgefd^nitten âtte. ie
empfal}! fic^ baburc^ nic^t bel, unb unfer greunb, ber bur^
feine greigebigleit ftc!^ bad Sted^t ertuorben âtte, auf ^rinj
ârr^d SKanier mit ben Uebrigcn umjugeên, lam balb fctbp
in ben ef^mad, einige toOe treicê anzugeben unb ju befr
bem, 9}{an fod^t, man tanjte, man. erfanb allerlei piele, unb
tnber S^rÎid^feit bed êrjend genog man bed teibtidên SBeind,
ben man angetroffen fâitt, in flarlem SRage, unb $î(ine lau
erte in ber Unorbnung biefer Sebendart bem f))rbcn gelben
auf, fr ben fein guter eniud orge tragen roujjt,
Sine t)or}gUê Unterhaltung, mit ber {t(^ bie efeUfdâft
befonberd ergefete, bcflanb in einem ejctemporirten piel,. in
welchem fie i^re bidêrigcn (Snner unb So^ft^ter nacâ^mtcn
unb bur(!^jogen. (Sinige unter i^nen lâtten jtd^ fe^r gut bie
(Eigenheiten bed $u^!m ^nflanbd erf (Rieben sr t)ome^mer êr
SBUêlm aReifter ê^ria^re 127
foneit gemetit, tmb bte 92a(i^6itbmtg betfetBen warb t)on bet

fibrtgen ;feSfdâft mit betn grdgten 93eifaQ aufgenommen, unb
ate $^t(me and bem geheimen %cijio i^rer (Erfahrungen einige
' befonbere Siebeêrflrungen, bte an fie gefcêên n)aren, t)or
brad)te, tougte man ftd^ t>or Sachen unb dâbenfreube faum
gu laffcn.
Silêlm fdâtt i^re Unbanfbarfeit; aDein man fe^te t^m
entgegen, bag fte \>a9, n)a9 fte bort erlâlten, genugfam abt)er
btent, unb bag berâu)}t bad ^Betrogen gegen fo t)erbienfh)oIIe
Seute, mte fte ftd^ ju fein rhmten, nic^t bad befie gemefen feu
9htn befd^merte man ftd^, mit tt)te toenig Hd^tung man i^nen
begegnet, toit fe^r man fte jurtfgefe^t âbe. â9 (Spotten,
Sweden unb 92acâ^men gieng mieber an, unb mon marb immer
bitterer unb ungereimter.
nSiij tonfd^te,^ fagte Bitêlm barauf, bag^ burd^ eure
9eugcmngen meberteib no^ SigenKebe burd}fc^tcne,unb bag i^r
jene ?5erfonen unb i^re SScr^ltniffe and bem redeten. cftd^td*
puntte betrachtetet (Sd ifl eine eigene <Sa)t, fdôn burc^ bte
eburt auf einen erâ'benen $Iat^ in ber menfd^tidjen cfeCU
fcâft gefetzt }u fein. 9Bem ererbte Sei^t^mer eine t)oIIIoni
mene !êid[)tig!ett bed 2)afeind oerfcâfft âben, xotx fl^, menn
i^ mic^ fo audbrdfcn barf, t)on aHem Sein)efen ber SRenfd^êit
Don dugenb auf reic^tic^ umgeben ftnbet, gen)5^nt fic^ meift,
biefe @ter aid bad Srfle unb rogte }u betrad^ten, mtb ber
ilBert^ einer t)on ber Statur fd^n audgejlatteten SRenfd^êit
tt)trb i^m nid^t fo beutlid^. S)ad Setragen ber Some^men
gegen @eringere unb aud^ unter einanber ifl nacfi ugem $01^
jgen abgemeffen; fie erlauben jebem feinen Xitel, feinen Stang,
feine ^(ciber unb (Equipage, nur ni^t feine Serbienfle geltenb
}u machen.''
128 oetêd $rofa*

Dtifen 993orten gab bte efeOfdâft einen umnfitgen SetfaE
Wlan fonb abfcêuUc^, bag bet SRann t)on 9$erbten{l inratet
{uiilffftcfjcn ntffe, unb bag in ber grogen 2BeIt leine @))ur Don
natililicêni nnb êrjUd&cm Umgang gu pnben fei. @ie faraen
befonber^ ber btefen leisten ^nnft an$ bent ûnbertflen va9
laufcnbflc.
(geltet fie nic^t batber/ rief 335it^clnt au3, bebauert fie
kielme^r ! 2)cnn t)on jjenem l\ii, ba^ n)ir ate bad ôc^fle er
tennen, bad and bent innem Stetd^tûnt ber 9iatnr fliegt, fjabtix
fie feiten eine erl)f)tc (Smpfmbmig, 5Rur un armen, bie wir
iDenig ober nici^td beftên, ifl ed gegdnnt, bad t(f ber t^reunb:
f(âft in reichem SDtage gn genicgcn. SQSir Knnen unfre c
(icbtcn meber burc^ @nabe crl^cbcn, nod) burd] un{l befrbem,
noc^ burc^ efcênfe beglden. SBir âben ntd)td aid und
felbft. S)iefcd gange elbfl muffen toir Eingeben unb, toenn ed
einigen SSert^ âben foQ, bem i^rcunbe bad ut auf einig t)er
fnêm. SBcI^ ein enng, tnelc^ ein @l(f fr ben @eber unb
Smpfnger! dn n)etên feligcn ûfânb t)erfe^t und bie Streue!
ftc gibt bem tiorbergeênben 3J2enf(ên(eben eine îmmlifê
enîgêit; fte mac^t bad $au)}tca))ttal unferd SReid^t^nmd aud."
SDtignon âtte ftd^ i^m unter bicfen SBorten genhert, fci^lang
i^re garten ^rme urn i^n unb btieb mit bem ôpfên an feine
Sruft gelernt jleên. Sr legte bie $anb auf bed inbcd âu^Jt
unb fu^r fort: 2Bie Itxijt toirb ed einem rogen, bie emfU
têr gn gen)innen ! toit leid)t eignet er fld^ bie êrgen gu ! (Sin
gcfddiged, bequemed, nur einigemtagcn menfc^ticêd betragen
tût 28unber; unb n)ie uiele SDtittel ât er, bie einmal emôrbenen etfter fefl gu lâlten. Und fommt aQed fettner, niirb aOed
fdûierer, unb nîe natrlid^ ifl ed, bag toit auf bad, n)ad tort
ennerben unb teiflen, einen gr5gem 2Bert^ legen. Selcê tft^
SBillêlm aetfter Sel^ria^re. 129

renbe Seif?)icle Don treuen SDicnern, bie jl^ for tê $crrc
aufopfcrtcti ! SBie f^n I|at un âlcfpeare folc^c gcfdîlbcrt !
S)ic Streue ift in biefem ?faKc ein Scflreben einer ebtcn eele,
einem rcm gteic^ ju ttjerben S)ur^ fortbauembc Sln^ng*
lidÎeit unb giebe toirb ber 5)iener feinem êrm glei^, bcr i^n
fonflnnrâte einen beja^ttcn ftaen anjufc!|cn 'berechtigt ijl.
Qa, biefe lugenben fmb nur fr htn geringen tanb; er fann
fie nid)t entbehren, unb fie fleibcn i^n fc^m SBer fi^ lei^t
loÎaufcn !ann, toirb fo leidet crfud^t, fi^ aud^ ber gr!enntUc^<
leit ju berleben. 3a, in biefem @inne glaube xdj behaupten
ju tonnen, bag ein roger IdoÎ i^reunbe âben, aber nid^t
greunb fein lnnc/
Rignon brdtte flc^ immer fefler an i^n.
,,9?un gut/' erfe^te einer au ber efettfdâft, toir broudêu
i(;re ^reunbfdâft ni^t unb âben fie niemals nerlangt 9htc
foEten fte ftc^ beffer auf fnfte DerfHeên, bie fie bod^ beft^êu
tDoQen. SBenn niir am beften gefpie(t âben, ât un niemanb
guge^rt; aQed n)ar (auter ârteilic^teit. 2Bem man gnftig
toar, ber gefiel, unb man tuar bem ni^t gnfiig, ber }u gefaOen
Derbicnte. S nmr md)i ertaubti tie oft^ba lbcrne unb Ab* 'TT
gefd^macftc ufmerffanifcit unb Seifatt auf fid^ 30g.'' 4
SBenn ic^ abregne," erfcte aSitêtm, ,rtt)a djabenfreube
unb -Sronie getoefen fein mag, fo benf ic^, e ge^t in ber unjl,
ie in ber ?iebe. SBie toi ber SBettmann bei feinem jerjlreu*
ten ?eben bie 3nnig!eit ermatten, in bcr ein njllcr bleiben
lug, enn er ettoa ofommenc ^crorjubringen hcnlt,
unb bie fetbfl bemjenigen nidjt frcmb fein barf, ber einen fotrficn
Sntbeil am SEBerfe nehmen ti, ttjie ber ifnftler itjn ttjnfcl)t
unb ôfft
irIaubt mir, meine ^reunbe, t9 ift mit ben STalenten toxt
130 oct^c ?rofo.

mit bcr jEugenb: man mug {!e um t^rer felbfl toitfen lieben
ober fte gau} aufgeben. Unb bo^ toerben fie bctbe ni^t anber9
erfannt unb belohnt, a(9 rotnn man fie, gteidf einem gefhrlichen
eêimni, im ticrborgnen ben faun."
Unterbeffen, bid ein itenner und aufftnbet, lamt man
\/ Jngers flcvb'cn/ rief einer and ber (gdfe.

^' Miji eben foglcic^/ erfcfetc SBilêlm.
v3c^ âbe gefeên,

fo lange einer lebt unb fic^ r^rt, ftnbet er immer ferne 9{a^
rung, unb menu fie auc^ glei^ ni^t bie reidÎi^fle x\L Unb
kDorber âbt i^r eu^ benn ju bcfc^meren? Sinb toir nid^t gan}
uuDermutêt, eben ba ed mit und am fcÎimmflen audfa^, gut
aufgenommen unb bemirtêt hiorben? Unb ie^t, ba ed und no((
an nic^td gebrid^t, fllt ed und benn ein, etmad ju unferet
Uebung }u tûn unb nur einigermaen xotittx }u flreben ? 2Btr
treiben frcmbe S)inge unb entfernen, ben @ûlfinbem ft^nlic^,
aOed, n)ad und nur an mtfre Section erinnern lonnte.''
SE&fiiixâîQ,*' fagte $i)iline, ,red i unerantmortli^ ! Sagt
und ein <BtM tt>(}Ien; toix looQen ed auf ber @telle fpieten.
deber mug fein mSgtid^fled tûn, aid menn er \>ox bem grSgten
ubitorium flnbe/
SDtan berlegte nid^t lange; bad td h)arb beftimmt Sd
koar eined berer, bie bamald in S)eutf4Ianb grogen S3eifaQ fan^
ben unb nun DerfdôOen finb. (Sinige ))ftffen eine ^mpônie,
jleber befann [x^ f^neQ auf feine 9toIle, man fteng an unb fpielte
mit ber grgten ûfmerffamfeit bad (Std burc^, unb loirllic^
bet @rh)artung gut 3Ran a))))laubirte ft^ toe^feldtoetfe; man
âtte ftc^ feiten fo too^t gehalten
3lld fle fertig xoaxtn, empfanben fie aOe ein audne^menbed
Vergngen, têild ber i^re oÎ jugebra^te ^tit, tijtxU hieil
ieber befonberd mit fi4 aufrieben fein tonnte. Bilêlm lieg {14
Uêlm Reiftcr 8cWa^. 131

meitlSuftg ju t^rem Sobe êrau^, unb i^re Unterlâltung toat
Reiter unb fr^ltcl).
nSifX fotttct fc^cn," rief unfcr ^rcunb, ^loic tocit h)tr fommcn
mten, toenn wir unfre Hebungen auf biefe Slrt fortfe(jten,
unb nid)t blo auf Slu^wenbiglernen, ^robiren unb fielen
un3 mecânifc^ pflid^t* nn'^ lânbttjertemagig cinf^rnften. S55ie
Diet me()r Sob erbienen bie Sonfnftler, tie fe^r ergeben fie fidj,
toie genau finb pc nic^t, mnn fic gemeinfcâftlid^ i^rc Uebungen
tonte^men. SEBie pnb pe bemht, il^re 3nflrunientc bcreinju^
jlimmen, hjie genau galten fie 2âft, tt)ie jart tiffen fic bie
tfttfe unb ijXo^tS)t beS Son augubrtfen ! deinem fllt c5
ein, fid^ bei bem oIo eined Slnbem burd) ein t)orIaute$ %ccom^
pagniren (S^re ju madden, debet fud^t in bem eifl unb @inne
bed Somponiften ju fpielen, unb feber bad, toad i^m aufgetra^
gen ift, cd mag tjiel ober toenig fein, gut audjubrden. otcn
loir nid)t eben fo genau unb eben fo geifteeid^ ju erfe geên,
ba tuir eine jfunfl treiben, bie nod^ t)iel jarter aid jebe 3lrt Don
SKupf ip, ba loir bie gew^nlid^pen unb feltenpen Sleuerungen
ber JZenfd^êit gefc^madDoQ unb ergeênb barjupeQen berufen
Pub ? Sann ettt)ad abfc^cufic^cr fein, aid in ben groben ju
fubeln unb pc^ bei ber SorpeOung auf Saune unb gut liXd ju
terlaffen ? SEBir fottten unfer grted lud unb Vergngen ba*

rein fefeen, mit einanber tibereinjupimmen, um und ttjed^feldweifc
JU gefallen, unb au) nur in fofem ben SSeifatt bed ûblifumd
JU fc^ljen, aid wir il^n und gleic^fam unter einanber fcôn felbp
garantivt Ratten. SEBarum ip ber Sapemeiper feined Or*
(êpcrd gettjiper, aid ber director feined câufptcld ? SBeil bort
jcbcr p(^ feined Rigriffd, ber \)a9 uere Ol|r beleibigt, fdj*
men mu; aber loie feiten âb' Ic^ einen câufpicter Derjeil^
Udê unb uniêrjei^licê Jtigriffe, burd^ bie bad innere O^r fo
132 oetêd $rofa.

f^n5be beictbtgt toirb, anerfennen unb ft^ t^rer fâmett feêtt }
dc^ iDnfc^te nur, ba% haQ ^^cater fo fc^mat Mxt, aU bef
SDi'Q^t eines SetltnjerS, bamit {tc^ !etn Ungefdîdtter ^tnauf
koagte/ anftatt ha^ \tiô ein jcber ftc^ (^(}igfcit genug f^tt,
barauf jn parabiren."
ie efeUfcâft na^m biefe lpoflropê gut auf, inbem {ebei
berjeugt toax, ha^ nic^t Don i^m bie 9{ebe fein fnne, ha ex
fic^ noc^ Dor lurjem nebfl bcn Uebrigen fo gut gehalten. Tlan
fam Dielme^r berein, ha^ man in beut (Sinne, toie man angea^
fangen, auf biefer 9{eife unb fnftig, tvenn man jufammen
bliebe, eine gefetlige 93earbeitung tooUe obmaUen (ffen. iDtan
fanb nur, bag, toei( biefed eine @acê ber guten Saune unb bed
freien SJiaend fei, fo mffe ftc^ eigentlich fein SDireltor barein
mifcên. Wtan naijm als ausgemacht an, bag unter guten
SRcnfcên bie repubfanifcê ômt bie befte fei; man beâup
.tete, baS 3lmt eincS 3)irettorS muffe êrumgeên; er muffe Don
aQen gem^tt nêrben unb eine lrt Don einem enat i^m
iebergeit beigefetjt bleiben. (Sie ttjaren fo Don biefem ebanfcn
eingenommen, bag fie tonfc^tcn, i^n gleich inS SBerl }u rid^ten
r3c^ âbe ni^tS bagegen,'' fagte Jlena, rotnn i^r auf ber
9teife einen folcên Serfuc^ mad)en nôQt; i^ fuSpenbire meine
S)ireftorfâft gern, bis toir toieber an Ort unb teile lommen.**
(Sr ôffte, babei ju fparen unb manê ausgaben ber Keinen
Stepublil ober bem dnterimSbireftor aufjun^ljen. Stun gieng
man fe^r lebfiaft ju Statte, toit man bie orm beS neuen
Staates aufS befte einrichten tooQe.
(SS ijl ein toanbernbcS StcM)," fagte ?aertcS; toir merben
toenigflenS feine rengjlreitigfeiten âben."
Ran fd^ritt fogleic^ jur (Sacê unb ertoÎte 2Bi(êImen jum
erjlen ICireftor. S)er (Senat toarb befieUt, bie thronen erhielten
SBH^clm SReiftcr gc^rfa^re. 1S3

@t^ unb (Stimme, man fdÎug efe(ê Dor, man têrtDarf, man
genehmigte. 5)ie 3cit gieng unermcrit unter bicfem piele
t)orber, unb tocil man fte angenehm jubrac^te, g(aubte man
au^ toirf^ etn)ad 9{|}(id)e^ getân unb burd^ bte neue lôrm
eine neue Sludfic^t fr bie atertnbifê 93^ne erffnet )ii
âben*
SBitêtm ôffte nunmehr, ba er bie efeUfcâft in fo guter

S)idpofttion fa^r fid^ au^ mit i^r ber ba^ bi^terifê Serbienfl
ber tde unterhalten ju fnnen. S^ ijt ni^t genug/ fagteer
2U i^nen, a(^ fie be^ anbern 2âge9 lieber jufammen famen,
bag ber (Sâufpieler ein (Stfid nur fo obenhin anfeê, baffe(be
naci^ bem erften Sinbrude beurtêt(e unb o^ne Prfung fein
gefallen ober SOtigfaQen baran ju erfennen gebe. 3)teg ift bem
Quîjauti n)0^( erlaubt, ber gerhrt unb unterhalten fein, aber
eigent^ nid^t urtêi(en loiQ. 2)er (Scâufpieler bagegcn foQ
ton bem @tdc unb tôn ben Urfa<ên feinet lôbed unb Zabete
9te(jênfdâft geben fnnen: unb h)ie toid er bad, h)enn er ni^t
in ben @inn feinet Sutord, h)cnn er nid^t in bie Sbfic^ten bef
fetten einzubringen erfte^t?. 3^ âbc ben tS^^lcr, ein td
and einer 9toIIe ju beurtêilen, eine 9toIIe nur an fi^ unb ni^t
im 3ufammenânge mit bem @tde ju betrad^ten, an mir fctbfl
in biefen âgen fo lebhaft bemcrft, bag id^ tn^ bad 93eifpie(
erj&Îen luill, loenn i^r mir ein geneigte^ e^r gnnen nôllt
,r3^r lennt âfefpeared unt)crgleid)Iicên âralct au8 einer
Sorlefung, bie eud^ nod^ auf bem d)(offc ba grte SScrgn^
gen machte. SBir fehlen und or, ba td ju fpielen, unb ic^
âtte, o^ne ju miffen, luad t^ tât, bie 9{oIIe bed ^rinjen ber
nommen; ic^ glaubte fte ju ffatbiren, inbem i^ anfieng, bie
184 oet^cd $rofa.

fidrfflen @teQen, bie clbflgefpr&ê unb j[ene
mcmorircn, in bcncii raft ber ccle, Sv^cbung bc8
unb Sebâftt.qfctt freien Spielraum âben, too ba$
mnt\) ftd) in einem gefI)It)o(Ien Su^brude jeigen
Suftrilte }ii
ciflc^
betoegte @t*
fann.
n'&viij glaubte ic^ vec^t in ben eifl ber 9toIIe einjubringen,

loenn id) bie Safl ber tiefen (Sîoermut^ gleic^fam fefbft auf
mi^ n^me unb unter biefem S)ru(I meinem S3orbi(be burc^
bad feltfame Sabqrint^ fo mancher Saunen unb onberbar!eiten
gu folgen fu^te. @o memorirte ic^, unb fo bte id) mid) unb
gtaubte nac^ unb nac^ mit meinem gelben ju einer $erfon ju
toerben.
nSdein ie weiter ic^ fam, befto fd^toerer xoaxb mir bie Sop"
fleHung bed anên, unb mir fcîen ju(e|^t fafl unmglich, ju
einer Ueberftcf)t ju gelangen. Stun gieng ic^ bad t(f in einer
ununterbrochenen ô(ge burc^, unb au^ ba tooDte mir leiber
moneyed nic^t paffen. 33a(b fcîenen ftc^ bie Sâraftere, ba(b
ber Studbrud jju loibcrfprecên, unb ic^ erjtoeifelte fafl, einen
2:on ju ftnben, in toelcêm ic^ meine ganje ôde mit aOen 3(b^
loeicûngen unb (Sdâttirungen oortragen !onnte. 3n biefen
drrgngen bemhte ic^ mic^ lange t)ergebend, bid id) mid) enb^
lid) auf einem gang befonbem SBege meinem îtU ju nhern
hoffte.
nSd) fud^te iebe pur auf, bie ftd^ tôn bem S^âratter $anu
letd in frherer ^cit t)or bem 2obe fcined SSaterd jeigte; ic^
(emerfte, toa^ unabhngig Don biefer traurigen Gegebenheit,
unab^ngig t)on ben nac^folgenben fd)re(f (icên Sreigniffen, biefer
inteveffante Jngling getoefen toar, unb toad er o^ne fte Diet
leicht getoorben ttjre.

âxi unb ebel entfproffen, tonend bie fnigtidê Stume unter
ben unmittelbaren (Sinflff^n ber 3)taj[e{lt lêrDor; ber S3egriff
SS:^cIm SWciftcr gd^ria^re* 185

bed Sted^td uitb ber frfllidên SBtbe, bad ef^l bed uten unb
nflnbigen mit bcm Sctugtfcm ber $c feiner (Scburt eut
h)i(felten fic^ }ug(ei^ in i^m. (Sr loar ein Tîirfl, ein gebontet
tjrjl, unb hjnf^te ju regieren, nur bomit ber ute ungcînbert
gut fein mochte. 3lngenc()m Don ejltatt, geftttet t)on Statur,
gefdQig Don $erjen and, foQte er bad SRufter ber dugenb fein
unb bie tJrcube ber SOSelt werben.
D^ne irgenb eine êrDorftecênbe Seibenfd)aft, xoav feine
giebe ju Opêlien ein pitted SSorgef^l fger Scbrfniffe, fein
(Eifer ju ritterlichen Uebnngen toar nid^t gan^ original, Dielme^t
ntugte biefe Suft burd^ bad Sob, bad man bem Dritten beilegte,
gef^rft unb er^^t h)erben; rein fÎenb, fannte er bie 9teb
lidên unb konnte bie 9{uê ju fc^tên, bie ein aufric^tiged t
mt^ an bem offnen Sufen eined greunbed geniegt. 9id auf
einen getoiffen rab âtte er in ^njlcn unb Siffenfcâften bad
ute unb @d^ne erfennen unb torbigen gctcmt; bad 9b
gefd^madte loar i^m }un)iber, unb h)enn in feiner jarten @ee(e
ber $ag auffeimen fonnte, fo mar ed nur eben fo t)ie(, aid
nt^tg ift, um bemegliê unb falfcê $5flinge }u Derad^ten unb
f))5ttifd^ mit t^nen gu fpielen. (Sr toar gelaffcu in feinem
Befen, in feinem S3etragen einfa^, )t)eber im 9J{gtggange be
âglid^, noc^ attju begierig nad^ S3ef^ftigung. (Sin afabe^
miffed înfdÎenbem fdîen er aud^ bei $ofe fortjufefên. @r
befag me^r ^rdÎid^feit ber Saune a(d bed bergend, toar ein
guter efettfcâfter, nachgiebig, befc^cibcn, beforgt, unb fonnte
eine S3eleibigung hergeben unb Dergeffen; aber niemald tonnte
er fi^ mit bem vereinigen, ber bie rengen bed 9te(^tei, bed
(Suten, bed Knflnbigen berfc^ritt.
irSBenn toir bad tdE )t)ieber jufammen (efen h)erben, fnnt
t^ beurtêilen, ob ic^ auf bem rechten Sege bin SSBenigfleitf
IM oetê9 ^fa.
ôffe id) mefaie 9)tennmg bntiiând mit Stellen belegen }n
tonnen.''
2Ran gab ber S^tlbemng lauten SetfaD; man glaubte t)ori
au9 }u feên, bog fi^ nun bte ânbelîoetfe âmletd gar gnt
mevbe ertl&ren laffen; man freute ftc^ ber btefe %, in ben
ctfl be^ ^riftfteOerd einjubringen. deber na^m {i(4 t)or,
anc^ irgenb ein tdf auf biefe fbt gu flubiren nnb ben @ina
bed Serfajferd 2^ entmideln.
@erIo empfteng i^n mit offnen 9rmen mtb rief i^m ent
gegen: ,reVi4ie? Srlenn'i^ ie loieber? @ie âben fiti^
tDenig ober nid^t geSnbert 3fl d^re Siebe jur ebelften ftunfl
no^ immer fo jlarl unb fcbcnbig ? o fel^r erfreu* i^ mid^

ber d^re 9nfunft, bag id^ felbft bad aRtgtrauen nid^t mer
fllte, ba Ol^re lefetcn riefe bei mir erregt âben."
SBilêlm bat betroffen um eine nhere 6rf(dmng.
ie âben fid^/ t)erfe^te @erIo, rrgegen mic^ nid^t koie ein
alter t^reunb betragen; @te âben mi^ niie einen grogen $erm
beânbelt, bem man mit gutem ett)iffen unbrauchbare Seute
empfehlen barf. Unfer dîd(fa( ^Sngt t>on ber SRetnung bed
$ublifumd ab, unb ic^ frchte, ba O^r $err 2Re(ina mit ben
einigen ]iflotAiii bei und looÎ aufgenommen merben brfte.''
SBilêlm xooVtt etmad gu i^ren unften fpredên, aber @erIo
fleug an, eine fo unbarmêrjige c^tlberung t)on i^nen ju
machen, ba unfer grcunb fc^r gufricben tt)or, aid ein tJrauen
}tmmer in bad îiî^^^ trat, ha9 efprc^ unterbra^ unb i^m
fogleic^ aid (Sd)toefler 3lurelta Don feinem ^reunbe t)orgefleOl
marb. (Sie empfieng i^n auf bad freunbfcâftc^fte, unb i^re
Unterhaltung mar fo angenehm, bag er nic^t einmal einen ent
WOfm aReifler Se^ria^re. 137

fi^tebenen 3^9 be^ jtumtncrd getoa^r lourbe, ber t^rem geif)*
reichen eftc^t nol^ ein befonbered dntcreffe gab.
3um crflcn SKal feit langer 3cit fanb fid^ SBilêlm toieber in
feinem Slemente. Set feinen efprên lâtte er fonfl nur
not^brftig gefllige ^nf^^ttt gefunben, ba er gegenwrtig mit
AnfUem unb jfennem ju fpredên ba^ lnd âtte, bie i^n
nid^t aOein oOtommcn têranben, fonbem bie auc^ fein @e^
fprSc^ bele^renb ermicberten. iDtit loelcêr efd^toinbigfeit
gieng man bie neueflen Stfide burc^ ! 3Rit xod^tt @icêrêit
beurtêilte man fie ! 2Bie tougte man bad Urtêil bed ûbfumd
jtt prfen unb juf^ftên! Sn welcher @ef(^h)inbig!eit Hrte
man einanber auf I
9hm mugte fid^ bei SBilêtmd Vorliebe fr âfefpearen
bad efprd^ not^hienbig auf biefen Sd^riftfteller (enfen. (Sr
geigte bie lebâftee Hoffnung auf bie Spodê, toelcê biefe )oox*
treffdên (Stde in 2)eutf(IÎanb madden mgten, unb batb
brad^te er feinen $amlet tor, ber i^n fo fe^r befc^ftigt
(atte.
@erIo terfldêrte, bag er bad td( (ngfl, toenn ed nur mSg^*
Itd^ geloefen wre, gegeben ^tte, bag er gern bie 9{oIle bed
$oIoniud bernehmen h)oQe. 2)ann feilte er mit Sdêln înju:
Unb Opêen ftnben fic^ moÎ au^, tocxm ir nur erfl beti
$rinjen âben."
SEBilêlm bemerfte ni^t, ba Surelien biefer @dêr} bed 33ru
berd 3U migfaDen fdîen; er luarb tielme^r nad^ feiner 3(rt
koeitluftig unb le^rrei^, in loelcêm @inne er ben âmlet ge
fpiett âben tuoQe. (Sr legte il^nen bie 9tefu(tate umflnbd^
bar, mit n)e(dên loir i^n oben befd^ftigt gefeên, unb gab ftd^
aQe SDtê, feine SReinung anne^mc^ ju mad)en, fo tîel ^^^îf^l
and^ @erto gegen feine ^^potlêfe erregte. 9}un gut/ fagtc
138 iSotSft^ $rofa.

biefer ûle^t, tte geBen d^nett aQed }u; mad looQen @te koettet
barau8 crMrcn ?"*
SSicIcd, aflc/ tjcrfctjte SBil^ctm. 'J)cn!cn ic ftd^ einen
$rinjcn, hjie ic^ i^n gefcîlbcrt i)abt, beffen SSater unermntêt
flirbt. S^rgcij unb ^cn-f^fuc^t finb nid^t bie gcibcnfcâften, bic
i^n beleben; er atte [\if9 gefallen laffen, o^n eine ntg3
ga fein; aber nnn tjt er erfl gentîgt, anf ben Slbflanb auf*
mcrffamer gu erben, ber ben ni^ om Untertânen fêibct.
S)ad Stecht gin: rone niar nic^t erblid^, unb bo^ ^tte ein
(fingered Seben feined Saterd bie 3lnfprdê feined etngigen
o^ned mc^r befefligt unb bie offnung gur rone gefidêrt
2)agegen fie^t er ftc^ nun burd^ feinen Oêint, ungeachtet fdêin^
barer Serfprecûngen, t)ielleic^t auf immer audgefdÎoffen; er
f^(t ftd^ nun fo ann an nabe, an tem unb fremb in bem, toad
er Don dugenb auf aid fein (Sigentûm betrauten fonnte, îer
nimmt fein emt^ bie erfte traurige Stid^tung. Qx fuÎt,
bag er nic^t me^r, ja nic^t fo Diel ifl, aid jeber (Sbelmann; er
gibt fic^ fr einen S)iener eined {eben, er ifl nid^t l^flid^, nic^t
êrablaffenb, nein, êrabgefunfen unb bebitrftig.
n^dij feinem Vorigen ^^fl^t^be blidft er nur lote nad^ einem
Oerfc^ttjunbenen Iraume. ergebend, ba fein Oêim i^n auf*
muntern, i^m feine Sage and einem anbem eftc^tdpunlte get
gen toiQ; bie (Smpftnbung feined 92i^td oertt i^n nie.
,r3)er gtoeite Qdjla^, ber i^n traf, oerte^^te tiefer, beugte no^
me^r. 6d ifl bie êirat^ feiner SUhtttcr. 3^m, einem treuen
unb grtcên o^ne, bfieb, ba fein ater flarb, eine Sutter
nodt) brig; er lôffte in efefâft feiner întcrlaffenen
eblcn SKutter bic êlbcngepalt jencd groen Slbgefcîebenen gu
oere^ren; aber aud^ feine Rutter oerliert er, unb ed ifl fÎimmer,
aid loenn fte iljm ber Sôb geraubt l^fitte. S)ad guoerljfige S9tlb^
SBitl^cIm aWeifter Se^rja^rc. 1 39

ba fl(^ ent ttjofjlgcratl^cnc inb fo gern on feinen SItem
maijt, crfc^ttinbet; bei bcm Siebten ift feine îlfc nnb an bcr
Sebenbigen fein alt ie iji auc^ ein SBeib, nnb unter bem
allgemeinen efcÎec^t^namen ebrecÎid^feit ifl and) fte be
griffen.
n3lnn erfl flÎt er fic^ rec^t gebeugt, nun erfl ermaiSt, unb fein
((f ber SBelt fann i^nt niieber erfe|ên, n)a^ er verloren ât
îtS)t traurig, nic^t na^benflic^ t)on 92atur, mirb i^m Zrauet
unb 92ad)benfen jur fc^nêren Srbe. o feên n)ir i^n auf
treten. Si] glaube nic^t, bag ic^ etma^ in bad @td( hineinlege
ober einen 3"9 bertreibe.''
(Serlo fa(} feine c^tuefter an unb fagte: $a6e iij bir ein
falfdêd $ilb tôn unferm i^reunbe gemacht? @r fngt gut an
unb toirb und nod) mandêd orerjÎeu unb t)iet berreben.''
2BUêlm f^mur ôd^ unb treuer, bag er ni^t berreben, fon
bem berjeugen toot, unb bat nur noA um einen ûgen
blid ebu(b.
S)enfen ie fi^/ rief er au8, biefen Ongling, biefen
grpenfofin rec^t lebhaft, ergegentortigen ic fic^ feine Sage,
unb bann beoba^ten ic i^n, toenn er- erfahrt, bie eftalt
feinet SSaterd erfdêine; flehen ê iftm bei in ber fc^redlicê
tac^t, toenn ber e^rtrbige ei{l felbfl Dor i^m auftritt (Sin
ungeljcurcd ntfet^n ergreift i^n; er rebet bie SEBunbergeftatt
on, fte^t fie niinfen, folgt unb ^rt. 3)ie f^redticê lnflage
toiber jeinen Oêim ertnt in feinen O^ren, Slufforberung jur
Stacke unb bie bringenbe hiieberôlte 93itte: erinnere bi^
meiner.
rrllnb ba ber ei{l Derf^munben ift, toen feên n)ir Dor und
fttijtn ? Sinen jungen gelben, ber nad^ 9{acê fci^naubt ? Sinen
gebomen ^rflen, ber ftd^ gldtic^ f^tt, gegen ben Ufurpatot
140 oetê9 $rofa.

feiner ronc aufgcforbcrt ju erben? 5Wem! tannen mti
rb{lnn berfallt ben infamcn; er tt)irb bitter gegen bie
ldêlnben S35fen)i(^ter, fc^mdrt, benSbgefcîebenennid^tju têr
geffen, unb f fliet mit bem bebcutcnbcn eufgcr: !Die 3t ift
au9 bent elenfe; loeê mir, bag i^ geboren toarb, fie toieber
einjurid^ten.
rrdn biefen SBorten, bnit miij, (iegt ber SdÎilffel jn $am;>
btd gangem Setragen, nnb mir ift beutlic^, bag @âtefpeare
âbe fcîlbem ttjottcn: eine grogc Iât auf cine eele gelegt,
bie ber S^ât nid^t getoad^fen ift Unb in bicfcm inne finb'
id) bad td burc^gngig gearbeitet $ier tuirb ein (Sidjbamn
in ein ffUicêd efg ge))flan}t bad nur (ieblidê Slumen in
feinen dôog ^tte aufnehmen foOen; bie Surjeln be^nen ftc^
and, bad efg luirb gemietet
i,(Sin fd^ned, reined, ebted, âd^fl moralifcêd SBefen, o^ne
bie ftnnli(%e trfe, bie ben gelben mad^t, ge^t unter einer lâft
3U runbe, bie ed \othtx tragen no^ abwerfen tann; j|cbe ^fli^t
ifl i^m êilig, biefe gu \i)\oex. *il)a9 Unmdgfidê toirb Don i^m
geforbert, nid^t bad Unmgdê an ^d), fonbem bad, h)ad i^m
unmglich ift SBie er fid) toinbet, bre^t, ngfligt, or unb gu*
t&d tritt, immer erinnert h)irb, ftc^ immer erinnert unb juteQt
fafl feinen ^totd aud bem inne t)erliert, o^ne bod^ iematt
toieber fro ju erben*''
(gine ber Sebingungen, unter benen Silêlm \l) aufd ^t
oter begab, tear t)on erlo nic^t o^ne Sinfc^vufung gugeftan*
ben ttjorbcn. 3encr Verlangte, bag $amlet gang unb unjcr
pdtt aufgefhrt erben fote, unb bicfer lieg ftc^ bad uubcr*
licê 93ege^ren infofem gefallen, aid ed m 5 g I i (^ fein torbt
SBitl^cIm aciftcv gc^rja^re 141

9hm fatten flc hierber bi^cr mand^cn trcit fldôbt; betm
koad tngd^ ober nic^t mc)(ic^ fei, uttb toa9 man on bcm (Stud
njeglaffen fonnc, otjnc e ju gcrflcfcn, bariibcr waren bcibc fc^r
Ucrfd)icbcncr 2Reiuung.
S33it^clm bcfanb fic^ nod) in ben gliidfic^cn 3îtcn, ba man
nic^t begreifen fann, bag an einem geliebten 3Kbcên, an einem
cre^rten ^riftflecr irgenb etmag mangelhaft fein fnne.
Unferc Smpfinbnng on i^nen ijl fo ganj, fo mit fid) felbfl
bereinftimmenb, bag toir und au^ in i^nen eine folcê ))oII
fommenc Harmonie benfcn muffen. cr(o hingegen fonberte
gern unb bctna^ ju iel; fein fd)arfer SScrflanb ttjotc in einem
^nnfhuerfe genj^n^ nur ein me^r ober iveniger unDoIom^
mened anjed ertennen. @r glaubte, fo koie man bie @tde
finbe, i)aht man toenig Urfadê, mit i^nen fo gar bebc^tig um
gugeên, unb fo mugte auc^ (Sâfefpeare, fo mugte befonberd
$am(et t>itlt9 leiben.
Bilêtm h)oIIte gar nid^t 1^5ren, nienn iener ton ber Stbfon
bcrung bcr prcu Don bem SOScijen fprad^. (Sd ift nid^t prcu
unb SEBcijen burd^ cinanber," rief biefcr, cd ifi ein tamm,
cfte, Steige, Sltter, nodpcn, SSIt^cn unb JJrd^te. 3p
nid^t eind mit bcm anbem unb burc^ bad anbere?" 3ener
behauptete, man bringe nid^t bcn ganjen Stamm auf ben ifd);
bcr nfMer muffe golbnc Slcpfef in filbemc dualen feinen
often reichen, ic crfdjpften fic^ in lei^niffcn, unb i^rc
SReinungen fcîenen ftd^ immer loeiter t)on einanber }u ent
feilten.
ar erjnjcifefn toottte unfer greunb, aid erlo i^m einjl
nad^ langem treit bad einfac^fte ittet anriet^, fid^ !nrj ju
refofciren, bie gcber ju ergreifen unb in bem Irauerfpiele, mad
eben nic^t geêu tooQe nod^ nue^ abjuftretdên, mehrere $er
142 ôtti)t9 Vrofcu

fonen in erne }U btfingen, mtb loenn er nttt btefer Zvt nod^ nic^l
befannt genug fei ober noci^ ntd^t $erj genug ba,û iaht, fo foQe
er i^m bic Arbeit bcriaffcn, unb er loolle balb fertig fein.
S)a ijl ni^t unferer 2tbrebe gem," t)erfe6te SBilêtm.
Syte Bnnen ie bei fo t)iel efd^mai fo leic^tfinnig fein ?**
SWein greunb," rief erlo avi9, ie werben eg a\\\ fcôn
toerben. îj fennc ba 2lbfcêuUd)e biefer 5IKanier nur gu
to^l, bie t)ieDei^t no^ auf fernem ^lêater in ber 2Be(t flatt
gefunben ât. Hber tDO ifl a\\6) eind fo t)ertt)a^r(o^t, ate bad
unfere? Qu biefer efelâften SSerftmmelung gwingcn und bie
Siutoren, unb bad ûblitum erlaubt fie. SSie Diel tde âben
koir benn, bie nid^t ber bad ilRag bed $crfona(d, ber SDecora
tionen unb !êatenneânil, ber Ât, bed 3)ta(ogd unb ber
p^^ftfên ^fte bed 9cteurd înaudfc^ritten ? unb ho6) foen
koir fpieten unb immer \pxtUn unb immer neu fpielen. o0en
tir und babei nid^t unferd SJortêild bebicnen, ba toir mit 3er
fldetten SBcrfen eben fo t)iet audrid^ten aU mit ganjen ? e^t
und bad ûblifum bod^ felbfl in ben ôrtêit ! SBenig 3)eutfcê
unb t)ieOei^t nur loenige iD7cnfd)en aQcr neuern Stationen
âben efÎ fr ein flêttfêd anged; fte (oben unb tabetn
nur fleQentueife, fte entjdEen ftd^ nur fieOenmeife; unb fr tuen
ifl bad ein grgered @liXd atd fr ben câufpieler, \>a baiSweater boc^ immer nur ein geftop))ettcd unb geftdtelted SBefer
bleibt?"
w3 fl !" erfeljte SOSilêlm; aber m u 6 ed benn auc^ fo bleiben,
mu benn attcd bleiben, toad ift? Ucbcr3cugen ie midi ja
nic^t, ba ie Stecfit âben; benn feine SWac^t in ber Sclt
lorbe mt^ belegen fnncn, einen Contract gu galten, htn id) nur
im grbflcn 3u*tûm gefcÎoffen ^tte."
erlo gob ber adê eine tufiige SSSenbung unb erfuc^te S33i&
SBil^cIm SKciftcr gc^ria^rc. 1 43

êfmen, il^re 5ftent efprficê 6er $amlet nod^mold gu Bcbenlcn
tmb fctbjl bie iKittcI gu einer gldd^cn Bearbeitung gu er*
jinnem
5Rac^ einigen lagen, bie er in ber Sinfamfeit jugcbracf)!
âtte, tarn SBifêlm mit frohem 33Iic!c juriicf. Sid) mte
mi(^ fe^r irren/' rief er n9, tcnn i^ ni^t gefunbcn ^tte,
toie bem anjen ju Reffen ifl; ja, ic^ bin berjcugt, ha^ Sâfe*
fpeare e fefbjl fo wrbe gemacht abcn, hjenn fein cnie nid)t
auf bie âuptfaê fo fe^r gerichtet, unb nic^t oieUeic^t burd) bie
5Rot)eIIcn, nac^ benen er arbeitete, erf^rt worben tore.''
Saffen ie f)xtn," fagte erlo, inbem er fic^ graittif^
aufd 6ana))6 feilte, ,ric^ nierbe ruîg aufôrên, aber auc^ beflo
jirenger richten."
SSBilêlm erfef^te: 3Jlxx ifl nid^t bange; ^ren ie nur. 3(^
unterfêibe, nad^ ber genauflen Untcrfudûng, nad^ ber reif
lic^flen Ueberlegung in ber dompofttion biefe^ @t(fd peierlei:
ba^ erfle fmb bie grogen innem SSer^ttniffe ber êrfonen unb
ber 33ege6enêiten, bie md^tigen irfungen, bie and ben dâ
rafteren unb ânblungen ber Hauptfiguren entfielen, unb biefe
{Inb einzeln ))0rtreffli4, unb bie ôlge, in ber fte aufgefleUt
finb, unerbefferlic^. ie fnnen burc^ feine Slrt on Se()aub*
lung gerflrt, ja hum crunftaltet ttjerbcn 5)iefe pnb', bie
febermann ju feên t)erlangt, bie niemaub anjutaften wa^t, bie
ft^ tief in bie eele einbrdten, unb bie man, wie i^ l^re, bei^
naê aQe auf bad beutfdê Sweater gebracht ât. Stur ât man,
tote i^ glaube, barin gefehlt, haj man bad jmcite, xoa^ bei bie
fen tdE ju bemerlen ift, ic^ meine bie ugem Ser^ltniffe ber
êrfonen, moburd^ fte t)on einem Orte gum anbern gebrad]t
ober auf biefe unb jene SBeife burd^ gettiiffe gufige 33egeben<
Reiten erbunben erben, fr aQgu unbebeutenb angefeên, uitr
144 @oet^ ^fo.

im Sotbetgeên baton gefprociên, ober fte gar toeggelaffen ât
S^retUc^ ftub btefe ^htn nur bnn unb tofe, aber fie geên boc^
burcf)'^ ganje (Stcf unb galten jufammen, xoa9 fonfl aud
einanber fiele, auc^ h)trfUc^ audeinanber fOt, )Denn man fle
toegfc()netbct unb ein brige^ getrau ju âben glaubt, loenn
man bte Snben flehen lgt
ff3u biefcn ugent Scr^ltniffen jÎe t^ bie Unruhen ut
9?orn)egen, ben ^rieg mit beut fungeu ôrtinbra^, bte efanbt

fdâft an ben atten Oêim, ben geflchteten S^x^f ^^^ 3^8
bed jungen ôrtinbrad nad^ $o(en mtb feine 9i(f!e^r am (Snbe,
dng(ctd)en bie ^MUfyc bed ôratio t)on SQSittenberg, bie Sn
âniletd, baîn jn geên, bie Steife bed Saerted nac^ g^ranfarei^,
feine Stcftunft, bie Serfcîdung âmlctd na^ Sngtanb, feine
efangenfdâft beim (Seeruber, ber Siob ber beiben ôfleute
auf ben Uriadbrief : aOed biefed finb Umflnbe unb S3egebeni>
Reiten, bie einen 9{oman loeit unb breit madden lnnen, bie abet
ber Sinêit biefed td(d, in bem befonberd ber $elb feinen
îan iât, auf bad ugerfle fdâben unb ^d^fl feÎerâft fmb."
0 ^re ic^ ie einmal jfeme !" rief erlo.
rgallen ie mir nic^t ein," erfe^jte SBilêlm, @ie md^ten
mi^ nic^t immer loben. S)iefe geiler finb toit p^tige tên
eined cbubed, bie man nt^t megnel^men barf, o^ne t)orêr
nne fefle auer unterjuîcên. Rein Sorfc^tag ifl atfo, an
(enen erflen grogen ituationen gar nid^t ju rhren, fonbem
fie fotvoÎ im ganjen aid einjelnen mgtic^fl ju fcônen, aber
biefe ugern, einjelnen, gerfheuten unb gerjhenenben Sotiue
aQe auf einmal loegjutoerfen unb i^nen ein einjiged ju fubfti
tuircn.**
ffUnb bad lore ?" fragte erto, inbem er fU^ and fetiiec
ruhigen tedung aufhob.
ffiilêlm aKctftcr Se^rja^rc. 14

@S liegt aud^ fdôn im (Stde/ ertDteberte SBitêlm, nur
macê iij ben redeten ebraud) ballon. 6^ ftnb bte Unruhen
in 5Rortt)egen. $icr âbcn ic meinen $(an gur Prfung*
^âij bem lobe be ottcn âmtet erben bic erfleroberten
SWorttjeger unruhig. S)er bortige tattlâlter fdîd t feinen o^n
ôratio, einen alten tûtfreunb âmlet, ber aber an Xap\tt^
feit nnb SebenHug^cit alien Slnbem orgetaufen ijl, nad^ nc*
morf, ouf bie 3lgrjlung ber glotte ju bringen, ttjetdê unter
bem neuen, ber dftttjetgerei ergebenen nig nur faumfetig on
tatten gc^t. ôratio fennt ben alten ^nig, benn er ât fei
neu teilten dÎad^tcn beigetvol^nt, lât bei i^m in unflen ge^
jlanben, unb bic erfte eijlerfcene toirb baburd^ nid^t verlieren.
jDer neue fing gibt fobann htm ôratio Subicng unb fdîdft
ben Saerte nad^ SZorttjegen^ mit ber SZad^rid^t, ba bie f^tte
balb antanben tocrbe, inbeg ôratio ben Auftrag er^tt, bie
JRftung berfetben ju beft^teunigen; bagegen tt)itt bie SDhitter
nid^t einn)illigen, bag âmtet, toit er iDnfd^te, mit ôratio
jur ec gelê**
ott fei S)onI !" rief erto, fo toerben toir aud^ SBitten^
berg unb bie lôê dûte lod, bie mir immer ein leibiger Kn^
jlofe toar. 3d^ finbc S^ren ebanlen red^t gut: benn auer
ben jtoei einjigen fernen SSitbem, SZortoegen unb ber ^lottt,
hxauijt ber 3ftl)w^^ P^ î^*^ i beulen; ha^ brige
f i e 1^ t er ae, ba brige gel^t ae \)ox, anpatt bofe fonfl feine
(ginbitbungfraft in ber ganjen SBett êrumgejagt trrbe,"
rrie feên leidet," erfctjte SBilêtm, tte id^ nunmehr au(i
ba^
bie
mit
mit
brige guf mmcn lâlten lann. SSJenn âmlet bem ôratio

SRijfetât feinet tiefater entbedEt, fo rt^ U)m biefcr,
nad^ 9torU)egen ju gelten, ftd^ ber Slrmee ju t)erfi(êm unb
getoaffneter $anb gurdtjule^ren. S)a $amlet bem Anig
146 octree $rofa.

imb ber A5ittgtn jn geffi^rtic^ iDttb, â(en fte fern nlêre^
SKittcI^ i^tt to gtt toerbcn, ote i^n mi) ber gtotte gn fc^trfcn
nnb i^m 9iofenTrang unb tbenflem gu Seobac^tem mttgiu
geben; unb ha inbefe ?Qcrte3 guriitf lommt, foK bicfer bi gum
3J2eu(êImorb erl^tt^te dngltng i^m nad^gefdîcft toerben. )ie
^lotte bteibt toegen ungfinfligen SBtnbed liegen; âmtet !et)vt
nod^mato gurd ; feine SBanberung aber ben fiird^lôf tann \>itU
Itiijt QlMlii) tttotiDirt erben; f ein ûfowtnentreff en mit ?aer
M in Opl^cttend rabe ift ein groger unentbe^rlidêr SRomcnt
hierauf mag ber llnig bebenfen, bag ed beffer fei, âmtet auf
ber telle lo gu toerben; ha^ fjefl ber Slbreife, ber fd)cinbaren
Serfo^nung mit Saerted mirb nun feierlid^ begangen, toobei man
3iittcrfpiele ^ft unb auc^ âmlet unb 8acrte3 fed^ten. O^ne
bic tjier Scidên faun id) ba td nic^t fd^ticgen; e3 barf nie*
manb brig bleiben, âmlet gibt, ba nun bad SBa^tred^t bed
Soe toieber eintritt, feine Stimme flerbenb bem ôratio.^
SUbix gef(^tt)inb,^ erfctjte erto, fefeen Sie fi(^ ^|in unb
arbeiten bad td and; bie dbee ât tKig meinen Jeifad;
nur bag bie Sufi ntd^t têrraud^t"
6.
Dbgtetc^ bei ber neuen Bearbeitung âmtetd mandê $er
fnen weggefallen n)aren, fo blieb bie lngaÎ berfetben boc^
immer nod^ grog genug, unb fafl wollte bie efellfcâft nid^t
înrcidên.
SQScnn ba fo fortgebt," fagtc erto, toirb unfer Souffleur
aud^ nod) au bem 2oi)z êroorfleigen muffen, unter un toan^
beut unb gur êrfon werben."
ôn oft âbe ic^ i^n an fetner teile beiomibctt/ imrfe^te
aSilêlm.
ffitt^clm SWcifter 8cl)rial)rc, 141

H^f glonBc ntd^t, bo c3 einen ottfontntcnern Sinlâtfcr
gibt/ fogte erio. ^cin 3"fc^tt^ '^'^^^ i^n jemate l^rcn;
mir ouf bem Jêatcr Dcrjieljen Jebe ilbc. (Sr I)at fic^ gleid^
fom ein eigen Organ hain gcmad^t unb ip mic ein Ocuiu ber
no in ber 5Rotfi emc^mlid^ gulipelt. @r fl)lt, tt)elci^cn Slêil
feiner SfoIIc ber tâufpieter oHIontnien inne Ijat, unb a^net
tjon toeitent, toenn i^n ha9 ebd^tnig erlaffen toill. 3n eini*
gen JJBen, ha xi) hit 9toIIe loum ilbcrlefen lonntc, ha er fie
mir SBort fr S33ort borfogte, fpieltc lij fie mit Icf ; nur ât
er onberbarfeiten, bic {eben anbem unbrauchbar ma^cn tor
ben: er nimmt fo ^cr3(id^cn Slntêit an ben tcfen, ba er
))atêtifciê tcKen nic^t eben bectamirt, aber boc^ affcctt)oa
recitirt* 9Kit bicfer Unart ât er mic^ me^r a einmal irre

gemacht."
0 tote er mid^," fagte Huretie, mit einer anbem onber*
barfeit einfl on einer fe^r gef^rtidên teile ftecfen lieg."
SBic toar ba bei feiner Slufmcrlfamleit mglich ?" fragte
Sitêtm.
Sr toirb/ evfe^tc Sturelie, bei getoiffen teen fo gerl^rt,
ba er êie X^ranen toeint unb einige ûgenbUcfe ganj au^
ber fâffung fommt; unb cd ftnb eigentlich nic^t bie fogenann
ten r^renben teen, bie i^n in biefen 3"P^"^ crfeen; ed
flnb, toenn i) mid^ beutlid^ aubrcfe, bie f d) n c n tcen^
oud toeldên ber reine cifl bed S)ic^ter$ gleic^fam aud ^ceit
offenen ugen ^crorfic^t, tccn, bei benen toir anbem und
nur ^c^ftend freuen unb toorber iete Saufcnbe megfe^cn,''
Unb toamm erfdêint er mit biefer garten eele nic^t auf
bem Sweater ?**
(Sin Reiferes Drgan unb ein fteifed S3etragen fd^tiegen i^n
MX ber S^ne, unb feine ^9))ocônbrifcê Statur oon bet efclt
148 oetêd ^rofcu

fdjaft au,* crfcfetc crlo. Sic t>id SKê fâU ii) xm
gegeben, i^n an mtd^ ju ge5^nftt ! aber t)ergeben. @r tieft
Dortreffltd^, ivte td^ ntc^t toteber âbe tefen ^ren; ntemanb âtt,
toie er, bie garte rcnjiinie jioiftên ectamation unb affect
Doer SRecitation."
efunben !" rief aOSillêtm, gefunben ! toctc^ eine gtcflic^c
(Sntbecfung ! 92un âben tuir ben @cf)aufpieter, ber un bie
tefle om raupen $^rrû rccitircn fott."
9Kan mu fo icl Jeibcnfciâft âben, toie ie/' erfetjtc
erlo, um alle gu feinem (gnbjtoede gu nuên.''
etoi, id^ toar in ber grten orge,'' rief SSJitêtm, ba
oieeic^t biefe teile toegbleiben mn^te, unb ba gange td
lrbe baburt^ gelhmt toerben.**
wS)a !ann ic^ boc^ nic^t einfeên/ crfetjte Surclie.
Sd) ôffe, ie tocrben batb meiner 9Kciuung fein,^ fagte
SBitêlnu lâfefpeare fl^rt bie anfommenben dâufpieter
ju einem boppettcn nbgtoccf herein. (Srfl mac^t ber SRann,
ber ben Job be ^riamu mit fo iel eigener JR^rung becta*
mirt, tiefen inbrutf auf ben $ r in g e n fetbfl; er fc^rft ba
emiffcn be {ungen, fd^toanfenben SRanne: unb fo toirb biefe
cene ba ^rtubium gu {euer, in toelcêr ba Heine dâufpiel
fo groe 335ir!ung auf ben ft n i g tût $omtct f^tt fic^
burc^ ben d)aufpielcr befc^mt, ber an fremben, an fingirten
geiben fo groen Sêit nimmt; unb ber cban!c, auf eben bie
SBcife einen Serfuc^ auf ba (Sewiffen feine tiefater gu
mad)en, toirb baburd^ bei i^m fogteic^ erregt. SBcIc^ ein ên>
lit^ci 9)ônoIog ifl', ber ben gtocitcn Slft fcÎiet ! SBie freue
t4 wiic^ barauf, i^n gu recitiren:"

O, toelc^ ein dûrle, toeld^ ein niebriger ftaDe bin
i4 1 dft c ni^t ungeheuer, bag bief er câufpiebr
SMIêlm aiteifter Se^rfal^re 140

^ter, nur hvtxij Srbtd^tung, burd^ einen ' Zxavm on Set
kenfdâft, feine cete fo natS) feinem SBiHen jmingt, bag
i^re aSSirfung fein ganje Ocfid^t entfrbt ! Zoranen im
uge! Serttjirrung im ^Betragen! cbrodjcne timmc!
ein ganjje SBefen Don einem ef^t burc^brungen !
Unb ba alle um nid^t um ^cluba ! SBa ijl êhtba
fr i^n ober er fr $elu6a, bafe er um fie weinen
fottte?
SBenn wir nur unfern SKann ouf ba Sweater bringen n^
tten," fagte ?[ure(ie.
SJir mjfen," erfefcte erlo, i^n nad^ unb nad^ hinein*
fhren. Sei ben groben mag er bie teile tefen, unb toir
lagen, \>a% toir einen câufpieler, ber fie fpielen fo, eriarten,
unb fo feigen wir, toic toir i^m nêr lommen."
9{ad^bem fte barber einig waren, wenbete ftd^ bad efpr&d^
auf ben e i fl. SBilêlm fonnte fid^ nid^t entfc^tieen, bie
9?oQe bed tebenben î^nigd bem gebauten ju berlaffen, bamit
ber ôtterer ben etft fpieten !nne, unb meinte t)ielme^r, bag
man nod^ einige ^dt warten foQte, inbem fid^ bod^ nod^ einige
câufpieter gemelbet Ratten, unb fic^ unter i^nen ber redete
Rann ftnben fnnte.
iRan fann ftd^ balder benfen, wie têrwunbert Sitêtm war,
afe er, unter ber Slbreffe feine Jlêatemomend, tlbenb folgen
be SSittet mit wunberbaren SH^^ erflegelt auf feinem Sîfdê
fanb:
wS)u btfl, O fonberbarer 3ngKng, wir wiffen t9, in groget
Serlegenlêit S)u finbefl laum ajlenfd&en ju beinem amiet,
gefd)weige eifter. S)ein Eifer erbient ein S35unberj SBunbet
fnnen wir nid^t tûn, aber etwad Sunberbare^ foQ gefdêên
$afi bu S3ertrauen, fo foK jur redeten tunbe ber eifi erfdêU
150 oeê9 $rofa.

neit ! $abe 9)htt^ unb btetbe gefaxt ! (Sd bebarf Iriner Sutoort,
bein SntfdÎug wirb un3 bcfannt tocrbcn.**
2Rit bicfem fcltfamen Statte eilte er ju erIo gurcf, ber ed
ta6 unb wicbcr ta unb enbUd) ntit bcbcnfUcêr SDtienc er^
fxdjcrte: bie acê fei Don SSJid^tigfcit; man ntujye ttjo^l ber
(egen, ob man ed n)agen brfe unb fnne. @ie fpradên Dielet
în unb tt)iebcr; Sluretie tear fWI unb lad^clte tjon 3cit ju ^txt,
unb aid nac^ einigen Sâgen toieber baDon bie 9lcbe mar, gab
fie nid^t unbcutUd^ ju erfleljen, bag fie e3 fr einen cêrj Don
erio âltc. ie bat SSJilêtmen, Hig auer orge ju fein
unb ben eifl gebulbig gu erniarten.
Ueberâupt tear erIo Don bem bcjlcn junior; benn bie

abgeênben dâufpieler gaben fid^ ae mglidê SRlê, gut gu
fpielen, bamit man fie Ja redjt Dermijfen fote, unb Don bet
JRcugierbe ouf bie neue efef(iâft fonnte er aud^ bie befle
(Sinna^me enuarten.
ogar lâtte ber Umgang Silêtm auf il^n einigen Einflu
gehabt. @r fleug an, me^r ber ûnfl }u fprecên, benn et
ar am Snbe bod^ ein S)eutfdêr, unb biefe Station gibt jl(^
gern 9tedênfdâft Don bem, toad fie tlûl. SBilêtm fd^rieb fid^
manche fotd^c Unterrebung auf; unb toir toerben, ba bie Srj^
btng îer nid^t fo oft unterbrodên toerben barf, benj[enigen
unfrer Sefer, bie fld^ bafr intereffiren, fold^c bramaturgifdê
Serfudê bei einer anbem (Setegenêit Dortegen.
Sefonberd toar erlo eined Sbenbd fel^r luftig, aU er Don
ber SRoHe bed ôloniud \pxa), toie er fie ju faffen gcbadfjte.
Sij Derfpred^," fagte er, biemal einen redfjt torbigen Wann
gum beflen gu geben; ic^ toerbe bie gehrige Stulpe unb id[}cr
iêit, Seerêit unb SSebcutfamfeit, 3lnne^md^!eit unb gefd^madt*
lofcd aSBefen, greiêit unb ?lufpaffen, treuherzige cfiatfbcit unb
SBill^clm SKcifter gel^rja^n. 1 I

ertogenc 9Ba^rlêtt ba, mo fie l^tngel^5rcn, xciji jtei'(t(^ aufflejien.
3c^ n)t(I einen folc^cn grauen, rebc^cn, au^bauernben, bet ^tri
btenenben âtbfcêlm aufd aUer^flic^fle t)orfte(Ien unb tior
tragen, unb baju foBen mir bie ctma rot}cn unb groben înfcl^
jtric^c unfer Slutor gute 3)ienfte leiflen. 3c^ toil! rcben wie
ein ^nij, menu id) ntid) vorbereitet lâbe, unb loie ein 2:ôr,
totxm iij bet guter Saune bin. Sid) n)erbe abge[d^nta(ft fein, um
jebem nad^ bem ilRaute ju reben, unb immer fo fein, ed nid^t }u
merlen, toenn mic^ bie ?eute gum beflen lâben. 9?ici^t lei^t
âbe ic^ eine SRoIIe mit fotcêr Sufi unb câtl^cit bemonu
men."
,y993enn i(^ nur ani) Don ber meinigen fo Diet ôffen Knnte,''
fagte 3lure(ie. Sij âbe toeber dugenb noc^ SEBeid^êit genug,
um mid^ in biefen Slâralter gu ftnben. 9}ur eind tt)eig id^
leiber: bad efUÎ, bad Dpêtien ben Stop\ Derrdft, mirb mid^
ttic^t Dcrtaffen."
3Qix tooUtn ed {a nic^t fo genau nehmen," fagte iBilêtm;
rybenn eigentlid^ ât mein Sunfd^, ben âmtet ju fpielen, mid^
bei allem 8tubium bed tdtd aufd uerfle irre gefhrt. 3e me^r
id^ mt(^ in bie SRoQe ftubire, beflo me^r feê id^, bag in meiner
ganjen ejlalt lein 3wg ber ^^^fwgnomie ifl, niie âfcfpeare
feinen âmtet auffleOt SSBenn ic^ ed red^t berlege, toie genau
in ber 9{oIIe ailed gufammen^ngt, fo getraue ic^ mir (aunt,
eine leiblidê SBirfung fterDor ju bringen."
ie treten mit groer ewiffenlâftigfeit in 3f)re Saufba^n,*
t)erfe6te erio. n^tx câufpicler fdîcft fic^ in bie 9loIIe, te
er fann, unb bie SRoUe rid^tct fid) nac^ i^m, mie fie mu. SSJie
ât aber âfefpcarc feinen amiet orgejeid^net? . 3ji ei
O^nen benn fo ganj un^ncft ?"
n3uD5rberfl ifl âmtet blonb,'' erwieberte SBiil^clnt
us oetê $rof(L
Jt>a9 ^ctg' id^ ett gefud^t/ fagte Sbtree. nSoêr fdÛrgen
6le ba ?"
JBi9 S)ne, ate torblftnber ifl er blonb Don $aufe and tmb
ât blaitc Stugctt ?^
@oIIte Mefpeare baron gebac^t âben?''
SefKmmt ftnb' td^ ed nid^ audgebrdCt, aber fat $erbtnbnng
mit anbem @tcQen fdêint ed mir unmiberf^recÎic^. d^m
to)iib bad têd^ten faner, bcr c^meig luft i^m t)om efic^te,
nnb bie Knigin fpric^t: Sr ifl fett, lagt i^n }u %)tm fommen
Aann man fi(^ i^n ba anberd ate blonb nnb nô^tbeâglic^ tor
fteQen? benn braune Seute flnb fat i^rer dugenb fetten in biefem
âlle $agt nic^t au(^ feine fc^ttianfenbe SRetandôIie, feine
loeidê ^Trauer, feine t^&tige UnentfdÎoffenêit beffer ju einer
foldên eflalt, ate toenn @ie ftc^ efaten fd^tanfen, brauntodCigen
Sngtfatg benfen, t)on bem man me^r (Sntf cutoff enêit nnb St*
ênbigf eit erttjartet ?"
ie Derberben mfaf bie Smogination/ rief Stnrelie; toeg
mit i^rem fetten âmlet! fleQen @ie und \a tttc^t d^ren tooÎ
beleibten ^rfatjen toor! eben @ie imd lieber irgenb efat JDuir
)nt>qno, bad nnd reijt, bad und ril^rt. 2)ie 3ntentu>n bed
Xutord liegt tmd nid^t fo naê, ate unfer Vergngen, tmb lofar
verlangen efaun 9tei}, ber und lômogen ifL"
(Einen SIbenb fhitt bie efeOfdâft, ob ber 9toman ober bad

!Z)rama ben Sorgug Derbiene? @erIo Derfidierte, ed fei ein Der*
geblid^cr, mierftanbener (Streit; beibe Knuten in i^rer Art
toortrefftid^ fein, nur mgten fle ftd^ fat ben renjen i^rer i&aU
tnng âlivM*
SBilêlm aRrifter Se^rfal^re. 153

m9^ irn felbfl nod^ ntd^t ganj im Haren bartt(er/ t)erfctt(
SBttêtnt
Set ifl ed aud^ P'' fagte erto, unb bod^ mSre ed ber iDlilê
toert^, bag tnan bcr ac^c nêr lmc*''
te fpradên Diet herber unb l^tnber, unb enbltd^ mar
Sotgenbcd ungefhr bad Stefuttat il^rer Unterlâttung:
3m 9toman toit im 3)rama feên iDtr menfc^Kdje Statitr unb
$anb(ung. !Der Unterfciîeb (etber !Dt(!^tuttgdartcn ttegt nici^t
6(og in ber uern fôrm, ntd^t bartn, bag bie êrfonen in bem
einen fpredên, nnb bag in bem anbem gctD^nlid^ Don il^nen
crjd^tt irb. Scibcr ictc S)ramcn finb nur bialogirte 9lomane,
unb t9 mSre nid^t unmdgtid), ein 3)rama in Briefen ju f^reiben.
3m SRbman foKen Dorggtic^ efinnungen vin\)^t*

gebenêiten DorgefteQtmerben; imS)rama Sâraftere
unb S^âten* !Z)er 9{oman mug langfam gcên, imb bie
eftnnungen ber Hauptfigur muffen, ed fei auf mld)t SBcife c9
tooUt, bad 33orbringen bed angen jur Snuidetung aufhalten.
âd Drama foK eiten, unb ber Sârafter ber Hauptfigur mug
fid^ nad^ bem (Snbe brngen unb nur aufgehalten erben. 3)er
Stomanêlb mug (eibenb, toenigfiend nici^t im ôên (grabe
mirtenb fein; \>on bem bramatifdên Verlangt man SBirfung unb
2]ât. ranbifon, Slariffa, Pamela, ber Sanbpriefler Don
SBateftetb, 2:om doned fetbft finb, too nid^t teibenbe, bod^ retar*
birenbe ?erfonen, unb ae Gegebenheiten ierben gewiffennagen
nad^ i^ven eftnnungen gemobelt. 3m S)rama mobelt ber
Helb nt(^td nai^ fic^, aDed toiberfie^t i^m, unb er rumt unb
rcft bie $inbemiffe and bem SBcge ober unterliegt i^ncn.
(So Dereinigte man ftd^ aud^ baritber, bag man bem S^^^^^ ^
Koman gar iDO^t fein @pie( erlauben Idnne; bag er aber immer
bur(^ bie efbmuugen ber êrfonen geteuft unb geleitet merben
154 Goethe $rofa.

muffe; bag hingegen bad (^tcffat, bad bie SRenfdên o^ne i^
i}utf)un burd) un5ufamincnl^ngenbe fiugere Umflnbe }u einet
unoorgefeênen âtafhropê ^tnbr&ngt nur mt 3)rama flatt*
f/abc; ha% bcr ^^f^^^ ^^^^ ))atêtif(ê, nientald aber tragtfd)e
ituatiottcn ^crDorbringen brfc; bad dîrffal hingegen muffe
immer frd^terUc^ fein unb merbe im ^d^flen @tnne tragifd),
h)enn ed fd)ulbige unb unfcûlbige, t)on einanber unabhngige
Staaten in eine unglttdlicê Serfnpfung bringt.
S)iefe Setrad^tungen fhrten loieber auf ben tounberlidên
âmlet unb auf bie Gigcnêiten bicfed tdd. S)er $e(b^
fagte man, ât eigentlid^ aud^ nur efinnungen; ed ftnb nur
^Begebenheiten, bie }u i^m flogen, unb begtoegen ât bad @td
etuâd ))on bem ebebnten bed 9{omand: totH aber bad dîd
fa( ben $Ian gejetd^net fât, n)ei( bad tttd t)on einer frc^ter
(id)en S^ât audgc^t, unb ber $etb immer Doni^rtd ju einer
frd)terlic^cn Jât gebrngt toirb, fo ifl ed im ^^jlcn inne
tragifc^ unb leibet feinen anbem a(d einen tragifdên lia^
gang.
ytrrn fnte Sefeprobe gehalten toerben, melê SBilêtm eigent
lic^ a(d ein iêft anfal^. (Sr âtte bie Stollen Drfer coQationirt,
bag alfo t}on biefer @eite fein Snftog fein fonnte. !Z)ie fmmt
Itd)en (Sdâufpieter luaren mit bem @tde befannt, unb er fuc^te
fte nur, eê fte anfiengen, Don ber iBid^tigfeit einer it^tptobt
ju bcrjcugcn. 2Bie man on iebem SKufifud verlange, bag er^
bid auf einen gen)i{fen rab, Dom 93(atte fpieten fnne, fo foOe
auc^ ieber Sdâufpietcr, j[a ieber n)o^terjogene iDtenfd^ fid^ ben,
t>om 93Iatte gu lefen, einem !Drama, einem ebic^t, einer (Sr^
j^tmtg fogleid^ i^ren Sârafter abjugeminnen unb fte mit
?êrtigfeit Dorjutragen. Sltled SRcmoriren êlfe nid^td, loenn
ber @dâuft)ieler nid^t tôrlêr in ben ei$i unb inn bed guten
mV)m actfter6 Sctjrjaljrc, 165

S^riftfleUccd etngebrungen fei; bcr 99u(^{tabe fmte mifi9
toivfcn.
erto Derflc^crte, ha^ er jcbcr anbem $robc, Ja bcr $aupt
probe nac^feên lottc, fobalb bcr gcfcprobe i^r SRc^t wiber*
fo^reit fei: ,,benn 9cn)!)n(ic^/' fagtc er, ,,tfl nic^t luftiger, al3
tocnn câufpiclcr tjon tubiren fprcc^cn; c5 lommt mir eben
fo \)ox, al njcnn bie (Freimaurer on Slrbcitcn reben."
ic ^robe lief nac^ SBunfd^ ob, unb man lann fagcn, bafe
ber tu^m unb bie gute inna^me ber (Sefefcâft pc^ auf biefe
toenigen tuol^longeujanbten tunben grnbete.
ie lâben nioÎ getrau, mein g^êunb," fagte erto, na^*
bem fie loicber aDein toaren, ba ie unfern SDtitarbeitem fa
emfllic^ jufprad)en, toenn iij gteic^ frchte, bag fte 3^re SBnfê
fd)mcrci^ erfllen toerben,"
mt fo ?** erfefete aBitêtnu
nîj f)aU gefunben," fagte erto, ba fo leidet man ber
Renfciên Imagination in S3ettjegung feen lann, fo gern fie
fid) Rrdên erjagten laffen, eben fo feiten i|i e, eine Slrt ton
J)robliItit)cr Imagination bei il}nen ju fmben. Sei ben câu
fpietcrn ijl biefe fe^r auffaenb. 3cber ifl fe^r too^l jufrieben,
eine fd^ne lobenSttJrbige briante SRoHe ju bernehmen; feiten
aber tût einer mel^r, at fic^ mit elbftgefigfeit an bie tee
be gelben gu feên, o^ne fi(^ im minbeflen gu befmmcrn, ob
i^n aud^ jemanb bafr ^tten toerbe. 5lbcr mit Sebâftigfcit gu
umfaffcn, toa9 fiij ber Slutor beim tcf gebadet ât, toa9 man
toon feiner 3nbitjibuatitt Eingeben muffe, um einer 3loe genug
gu tt)un, mie man burd^ eigene Uebergeugung, man fei ein gang
anberer SWenf^, ben 3"f^"^'^ gteid)fa gur Uebergeugung
lînreic, loie man burd^ eine innere SSJal&rêit ber arfleung*
baft biefe Sretter in Xempel, biefe Rappen in Stber t)er#
16 oetlêd $n)fa.
loanbelt, t{l wenigen gegeben. !Z)tefe innere tfirfe bed eifie9
to)obur4 ganj aQein bet ûfc^^ûcr getufcf)t tDtrb, biefe erlogene
SSBa^rêtt, bte ganj aQein SBirfung êniorbringt, moburci^ ganj
aQein bie SQufton erjiett n)irb, mer ât ballon einen Segriff?
Saffen @ie und baêr \a nittjt gu fe^r auf ei{l unb Sm^
<)finbung bringen ! S)ad ftdêrjic SKitterifl, totmt toir unfern
f^reunben mit elaffenêit juerfl ben inn bed Sud^ftabend
erfioren unb i^nen ben SJerflanb erffnen. SBer mintage ât^
eitt aldbann felbfl bent geifheicên unb emf)ftnbungd))oQen Sind
brucfe entgegen; unb mer fie nic^t ât, toirb ivenigflend niematd
ganj falfd^ fpieten unb recitiren Sif âbe aber bei <Bijau
\p\dtm, fo toit berhaupt, (eine fd^timntere 3lnmagung gefun
ben, aid menu ientanb 9(nf))rdê an ei{t mad^t, fo lange im
ber Sttc^flabe nod^ nid^t beutti^ unb gelufig ift"
7.
Sor^ unb 92ad^ntittag Derfloffen e'iig 2)ad $aud toar fdjon
DoQ unb BiSêlm eilte, fid^ anjujieên. Stid^t mit ber 93eâg
Uifint, mit ber er bie Wla^tt jum erfien SDtal anprobirte, fonntc
er fie gegenmrtig anlegen; er jog fi^ an, urn fertig ju n)erben.
3[ld er jtt ben Jfrauen ind Scrfammlungdjimmer lam, beriefen
fie i^n einfUmmig, bag nic^td red^t ftê; ber fc^5ne êberbuf^
fei Derfdôben, bie @^naQe paffe nid^t, man fteng toieber an,
aufzutrennen, ju n&lên, jufammen ju ftedten. !Die S^mpônie
fieng an, $îtine âtte ettoad gegen bie âufe einjutoenben,
Siiiretie icl an bem 5IRantel audjufe^jen. Sagt mic^, iljr
inber," rief er, biefe 9tad^lffigfeit wirb mid^ erft rcdfjt jum
$an*let madên.^ 3)ie grauen liegen i^n nid^t lod unb fuhren
fort ju puên. !Die @Qmpônie âtte aufgehrt, unb bad td
SBill^cIm aJlciftcr cf)rja^rc, 161

toot angegangen. (Sr (efa^ fid) tnt pteget, brdte ben ^vA
tiefer in efic^t unb erneuerte bie dominie.
dn btefem Slugenbltcf ftrjte j[emanb lêretn unb rief: S)ef
Oeifl ! ber eijt !
SBWêlm âtte ben gan3en Jag nic^t ^tit gcl}abt, an bie
âiiptforgc ju benlcn, ob ber eift aue^ fommen merbc. %m
toax fie ganj ttjeggenommen, unb man âtte bie tounberlie^fle
oflroUe yx erttjarten. S)er Jêatcmtetfler fam unb fragte
ber biefc unb fene; SBitêtm âtte ntd^t ^tit, [lij nac^ bem
efpeuft umjufelên, unb eilte nur, fic^ am I^rone einjufmben,
wo ^ntg unb Knigin fdôn, \)on i^rem $ofe umgeben, in adet
$errd)fcit gtnjtcn; er l^rtc nur noij bie letzten SBorte be
ôratio, ber ber bie Srfcêinung be eifle ganj erttjirrt
fprac^ unb fap feine 9totte crgejfen ju lâben fdîen.
er ^JJif^cnDorâng gicng in bie $ê, unb er fa^ ba8
trolle $au t)or ftd^. 92a^bem ôratio feine 9iebe gehalten
unb Dom Knige abgefertigt ar, brngte er ftd^ an âmlct^
unb ate ob er ftd^ i^m, bcm ^rinjen, prfentire, fagte er: er
Seufel ftcrft in bem âmifdê ! 6r lât un alle in ûrc^t gejagt !
9n ber 3tt>ifc^ttjeit fa^ man nur jtt)ei grofee SKnner in
zeigen 3Rntetn unb Sapujen in ben (Siouliffen flehen, unb Stt>
êlm, bcm in ber ^^'^f^cuung, Unruhe unb Serlcgenêit ber
erfle SKonotog, ie er glaubte, miggtcft toar, trat, ob i^n gleic^
ein lebljaftcrSeifaB beim abgelten begleitete, in ber fcfjauerlieên
bramatifdên SBintcmad^t toirflic^ rcd^t unbeâglid^ auf. S)0(^
nal^m er fid^ gufammen unb fpradf) bie fo ;;n)e(!mgig ange
brachte teile ber ha d)maufen unb Srinfcn ber 9?orbInbcr
mit ber gehrigen leid)gttigleit, ergag, fo ie bie ^nfcâucr,
barber be eifte unb erfd^raf n)irt(id^, ate ôratio aufrief:
@et êr, t9 fommt ! Sr ful^r mit êftigleit êrum, unb bie
168 oetêd ôfo.

eb(e groge ef!alt, ber letfe, mi^rbare 2:ritt, bte leiste Sdttsa
gung in ber fd^tuer fcêmenben 9{fltmg mad^ten einen fo flarfen
Sinbnitf auf il^n, ba er toie erjieinert ba jlanb unb itur ntH
âlbcr timmc: 3^r Sngcl unb îmnttifd^cn cippr, Ocfc^fet
imd! aufrufen lonnte. @r fiarrte i^n an^ ôlte einigemal
^têm unb brad^te bie Snrebe an ben @eifl fo t)crmirrt, jerflcft
unb gejmungcn Dor, ba bie grte Ifunjl fie nid^t fo trcfflid)
^tte audbrcfen tonnen.
Seine Ueberfetjung biefer tette fam i^m fc^r ju tattcn,
(Sr âtte fld^ naê an ba^ Original gehalten, beffen SSJortfledung
i^m bie Serfaffung eined berrafc^ten, erfd^redten, oon (Snt>
fefeen ergriffenen emt^3 cinjig aujubrrfen fcîen.
ei bu ein guter eifl, fei ein erbantntter ôbolb, bringe
a)fte bc îmntel mit bir ober S)mpfe ber $De, fei Oute
ober 33fc3 bcin SSeginnen, bu lommfl in einer fo njrbigen
eflalt, ja, ici^ rebe mit bir, id^ nenne bic^ $amlet, ftnig, 33ater,
antworte mir!''
aan fprte im ûblifo bte grte Sirfung. !&cr etfl
minfte, ber ^rinj folgte i^m unter bem tauteflcn Seifall.
3)a3 Sweater oettoanbette fid^, unb a pe auf ben entfernten
$tat$ (amen, îett ber eifl unDermutêt inne unb tuanbte fic^
um; baburc^ lam i^m âmlet ettoa^ }u naê ju ftelên. Sit
S3erlangen unb Steugierbe fa^ SBilêlm fogtei^ gtvifdjen ba9
niebcrgctaffene SSiper hinein, fonnte aber nur ticfegenbe Sugen
neben einer hio^tgebilbeten 3la\t erbticten. tûrc^tfam and
fpênb ftanb er t)or i^m; aDein aid bie erften Xne and bem
êlme l^crorbrangen, af eine ttJol)Ifngenbc, nur ein toenig
rauê Stimme jic^ in ben SBorten ^ren lie: 3c^ bin ber eifl
beine SSaterd, trat SBilêlm einige Schritte fdâubernb guri,
unb bad ganje $ubli!um f(âubcrte. 2)ie Stimme fîen j[eber
mV)dm ajZeifter Scl^ria^re. 159

matm (efannt, unb SBtlêtm gtaubte eine Se^nltd^lett mit bet
Stimme feinc SSater ju bcmerf en. S)icfc ttjunberbarcn (Sm*
J)finbungen unb Srinnerungen, bie 9?cngierbc, ben feltfamen
fjreunb ju entbeden, unb bie orge, i^n ju betcibigen, fclbft bie
Unfc^t(!Uc^!eit, i^m ate Gcâufpieter in biefer (Situation ju
naê ju treten, bettiegten SBilêlmen nad^ entgegengefc^ten
Seiten. 6r uetnberte w^renb ber langen SrjÎung be
eiftc^ feine Stellung fo oft, fdjien fo unbefliUimt unb cr<
legen, fo oufmerffam unb fo gerflreut, bag fctn Spiel cine
allgemeine Setounberung, fo wie ber (Seijl ttn attgemeinc^
ffintfe(jcn erregte. S)iefer fpra^ me^r mit eineii tiefen ef^l
be SScrbruffe, ate bc3 Sammer, aber eine fleiigen, lang*
famen unb untiberfe^lidên Scrbruffe. 6 ttjar ber SKimutft
einer groen Seele, bie on allem 3[rbifci)cn getrennt ift,
unb bo(^ unenblidên Seiben unterliegt. 3"^^^^ tjerfan! bei
(Seift, aber auf eine fonberbare Srt: benn ein l-iic^ter, groucr,
burdjfid^tiger glor, ber tolc ein SDampf au ber SJerfenfung ju
{Zeigen fdîen, legte fic^ ber i^n meg unb jog ftc^ mit i^m hinunter.
SRun famen $amlet8 grcnnbc gurcf unb fd^tourcn auf ba

St^njert. 3)a toar ber oltc SKautourf fo gefc^ftig unter ber
@rbe, bag er i^nen, too fie auc^ flehen mod^ten, immer unter ben
ên rief: Sci^njrt! unb fic, ate ob ber Soben unter i^ncn
brennte, fd^nctt on einem Ort gum anbcm eilten. %vii)
erfdîen ha, too fie ftanben, jcbe^mal eine Heine iJ^wime an^
bem oben, tjerme^rte bie SBirfung unb hinterlie bei allen
ûfdjauem ben ticfpen Sinbrucf.
9?un gieng ba Std unaufâltfam feinen ang fort, nidjt
migglcfte, alle geriet^; ba ûblitum bejetgte feine aufrieben
êit; bie Sufl unb ber Rut^ ber Scâufpieler festen mit jieber
Scene gujune^men
NOTES.
[The following notes relate almost exclusively to matters of history,

biography, geography, or to foreign customs and manners with whidi
the American reader cannot be familiar. L. G. stands for Lewes,
Life of Goethe, 2d ed., London, 1864 ; K. G., for Karl Goedeke, Goethes
Leben und Schriften^ Stuttgart, 1874. Only in a few instances, where
the construction is involved or the phraseology peculiar, have grammatical explanations been given. Wh. stands for Whitney's German
Grammar.]
ERSTES SEMESTER IN LEIPZIG.

Goethe was bortt Aug. a8, 1749. He came to Leipsic at Michaelmas,
Z765, consequently at the beginning of his seventeenth year. His
previous education had been rather desultory. His father had supervised his instruction in Latin and history, and of his own choice he
had read not a little in Greek, English, Italian, Hebrew, and JewGerman, besides devouring all the German poetry and romances that
be could lay his hands upon. His knowledge of French was extensive, for one of his years, and had been gained by visiting the French
theatre in Frankfort, by copious reading, and by conversation with
Frenchmen. To gratify his father, he had mastered also the rudiments
of Roman Law. He could play on the piano and draw with some
proficiency, and was irresistibly attracted to everything in the nature
of art. In short, he might be called a precocious youth, gifted with
taste, insight, and powers of expression far beyond his years. He had
already a strong although vague presentiment of his poetic vocation,
but knew not where to turn for advice or guidance. His father wished
to make him a jurist.
ERSTES SEMESTER IN LEIPZIG. 161

Pafpe 11. 1. X, Messe, Leipsic holds annually three great fairs, at
Michaelmas, New Year, and Jubilate ; the last mentioned is the
greatest. Traders pour in from all parts of Europe, particularly from
the East. Every available part of the public streets and squares is
occupied with temporary booths. The trade in furs, prints, woolen

goods, and books is especially heavy. At such times the transient
population almost equals the resident, and hotels and lodging-houses
re fuU to overflowing. ^L 3, Vaterlndisch, Frankfort and the surrounding district, for a few miles square, constituted at that time a
sovereign state, 2^ freie Reichsstadt of the old empire. It is characteristic of German ways of the eighteenth century to speak of such a
petty province as one's fatherland. ^1. 3, bekannte Waaren^ etc. Frankfort had its own fairs, on a smaller scale. Goethe recognizes in Leipsic
some of the itinerant traders who had visited his home. 1. 10, su Gefallen gieng. This use of the phrase, in the sense of paying one's
respects, attentions to, is more common in South than North Germany.
1. z6, etwcts Imposantes, It should be borne in mind that Goethe is
contrasting Leipsic with the Frankfort of his boyish days. This latter
was a sleepy, mediaeval town, without trade or wealth. But since the
wonderful rise of the Rothschild house, Frankfort has taken the foremost rank as a centre of banking capital, while in population and general trade the two cities are almost equal. 1. 21, kHne alterthmliche
Zeitt i. e., in comparison with Frankfort, which dates from the days of
Charlemagne, and which had been for centuries the coronation-city
of the German emperors and the scene of many a memorable event.
Leipsic, as the name Lipsk implies, was originally a Slavic village,
and not converted into a German town until the re-colonization of the
Elbe region in the tenth and eleventh centuries. See also note to
Leipzig^-galanty p. 20-21. Page Id, L i, ungeheuer scheineiuU Gebude : see also Durchgangs 1. 8. The principal streets in the old part
of Leipsic are at wide distances apart. The houses are very tall, long
buildings running through from street to street, and built around a
succession of small open squares or court-yards, Hofraume^ for light
and ventilation. The Durchgnge are arched ways (for pedestrians
only), through the buildings on the ground floor and connecting
these courts one with another, and with the street at either end.
They are in fact so many short-cuts. Neumarkt is the name of a street,
Feuerkugel^ of the particular court upon which Goethe's room-windows
looked. According to K. G, 19, Straube was the name of his landlady
162 KOTZS.
About ten years before, Lessing had resided in the same bnflding. 1. 9.
Fleischer, a Frankfort bookseller who, with his wife, had accompanied
Goethe to Leipsic. ^L 19, Hof rath Bohme^ pithily characterized, L. G.
p8, as ** a genuine German professor, shut within the narrow circle of
hif specialty." Mascov was a prominent jurist and historian ; deceased
1 761. ^Paiê 13, 1. 2, ConsequatM^ not " consequence ;" the term denotes
a regular, logical order of developing one's ideas ; also persistency.
Parrhesie^ overboldness of speech (^gpa and/iivif). ^L 5, StaatsrecktUr,
The termination Ur in such formatioMâs at the present day a touch ol
sarcasm. But it is very doubtful if Goethe intends here to be sarcastic.
1. 8, GelUrt, a poet of the mediocre ^' Saxon " school. He was at the
time professor of poetry and eloquence, and as such exerted considerable influence. He is best known to Americans through his fables
and short stories. ^1. 17, Philolo^ . Spnuhstmdien, At that time,
and especially at Leipsic, in a dry-as-dust condition and not un*
deserving of the worthy Hofrath's reproaches. Things were some*
what better at Gttingen, where Goethe wished to study and where
C. G. Heyne and Michaelis were preparing the way for a deeper and
truer Insight into Greek and Roman antiquity. But the real originator
of the modem school of research, F. A. Wolff, was at the time only a
boy seven years old. ^1. 23, Altcrthumer ; in this connection politicolegal Roman antiquities; Rechtsgeschickte^ the history of the main
doctrines of the Roman law and of the various agencies, such as decrees of the Senate, praetorian edicts, imperial rescripts, responsa,
etc., which produced it. See editor's work on German Universities,
pp. 1x8, 129, 130. ^1. 25. nicht einmal einen Umwe^ mache, The Hof*
rath's argument was that if Goethe, after giving law a fair trial, should
then take up literature, he would discover that he had not wasted his
time ; literally, that he had not gone out of his way. Page 14, L 5.
thulichy ** feasible," a vernacular form, used also by Lessing, but now
supplanted by thunlich, ^1. 17, Institutionen, the fundamental doctrines
of Roman Law, especially as given in Justinian's Four Books of Institutes. 1. 19, Stockhausen. Probably the name of the author of some
then popular treatise on literature. Neither Gervinus, Kurz, nor
Koberstein mention this name. German professors are still in the
habit of following the order of topics adopted in a given popular
manual, and save time by referring their hearers to it for names,
dates, and general principles. 1. 20, Practicum^ a university term applied to practical exercises as distinguished from VorUnmgen^ where
KRSTES SEMESTER IN LEIPZIG. 163

flie professor merely reads his lecture. The nature of these Practica
vaiies with the subject ; some are in the form of question and answer,
some are rather colloquia^ in some as Gellert's, see page 25 ^he
professor receives from his pupils essays which he criticizes, partly by
marginal notes, partly by reading and commenting on passages to the
class during the hour. 1. a8, Famulus ; in this connection a student
or young graduate who acts as servitor to the professor, by assigning
the hearers to their seats, collecting fees, etc. There is nothing meoial in the service, but the famulus occupies rather the position of private secretary or the like. The institution is not yet extinct in Leipsic.
Wagner^ it will be remembered, was famulus to Faust. ^Page 15,
L 7, Gtistesoperatumen zerstren, Goethe refers here to the process
of reducing discourse or argument to the shape of an Aristotelian syllogism, with major and minor premises and conclusion. 1. 11, von dem
Din^; used here as a metaphysical term entity , or ens, 1. 13, es schien
wUr Mu Aapern, what the teacher had to say seemed to hitch badly.
1. 15, Thoinasplan^ the open place around the church of St. Thomas.
L 22, Nachschreiben^ technical term for taking notes in the lectureroom. 1. 29, sich ergeben^ here, to show, reveal itseld Abbrach^
page 16, 1. z, perhaps best rendered here by " diverted" time and attention from linguistic studies, etc. to etc. Spterhin; Goethe is
probably referring to some time when {da) an attempt was made
to give in the preparatory schools the elements of professional or
special training. His criticism is deserving of careful attention. The
best commentary on the old style of university study is to be found in
Faust^ Part I., in the inter>iew between Mephistopheles and the yoimg
student. Page 16, 1. 22 ; kennen and zurechtlegen express the difference between desultory knowledge and methodical discipline. ^L 26,
Einstand geben, pay entrance fee, toll, as it were. ^Page 17, 1. 8,
iencm Jungen Hausgenossen, a young man of Frankfort who had become half-witted through excessive study. He was received by
Goethe's father into the house, and earned his board by serving as
amanuensis. ^1. 21, Gttinger Zeug, Gttingen was quite renowned
during the Middle Ages and down to comparatively modem times for
its woolen manufactures. ^Page 18, 1. 6, Tressenkleid, a coat embroidered with gold or silver cord. Not unlike a modem hussar uniform,
4. 13, Herr van Masuren; a Leipsic actpr in low comedy. 1. 23,

berdeutschen Dialekt, This entire passage, dovm to the break on
page 90, wiU be scarcely intelligible to the reader without a somewhat
164 NOTES.
detafled account of the linguistic pecnliarities of Germany. It should
be understood that each province and district in Germany has Its own
way of speaking and pronouncing. These are called dialects, and
have been reduced by philologists to two main groups : that of the
South {Oerdeutsch), and that of the North {Plaitdeutsch\. Among
the Southern dialects, are prominent the Swabian, Alamannic (Swiss),
Bavarian, Tyrolese, Austrian, etc. The dialect of Frankfort, although
still Southern, is not far from the line where the Piatt begins. The language which Americans usually learn from German books is not any
one vernacular, not even that of Saxony, but a conventional mode of
speech among the cultivated classes. It is essentially a book language, Schriftspriuhe* It owes its origin to Luther, who expressly
informs us that he adopted for his Bible-translation the language of
the Saxon Chancery ; this *' Misnian " (see Meissnische^ p. 19, 1. 13)
we may regard as a sort of linguistic compromise effected during the
course of the Middle Ages, for the needs of official diplomatic and
legal intercourse between north and south. Luther's adoption of the
Misnian gave it still wider circulation, until it is now the exclusive
medium of communication for literary and commercial purposes and
for polite intercourse. But the dialects still subsist in force, and are
spoken by the peasantry and other lower classes. Many among the
upper classes indeed use both the Schriftsprache and the dialect of
the neighborhood where they live, but only as separate modes of
speech. Goethe says that he learned as a boy to speak the Frankfort
dialect, yet not to the neglect of the Schriftsprache ^ although the
latter was tinged by him with dialectic peculiarities. What he means
by the passage, p. 19, 1. 13-17, is this : The German Schriftsprache^
like everything else conventional, would be in danger of becoming
ossified and paralyzed, if it did not gain accessions and borrow new
life from time to time from the sturdy living dialects upon which it
rests. But at this very time, during the latter half of the i8th centui^, a
most obstinate effort was made by Gottsched, Geliert, Adelung, and
others to rule out of books and society everything savoring in the least
jf dialect. Tliey were resisted by Goethe and his youthful con temporal ies, and by Klopstock, Herder, etc., until as Goethe says the old
provincial rights were restored. Goethe himself made in his Goett v,
Berlichingen lavish use of dialectic peculiarities, which give an indescribable raciness to the style. He also improved the opportunity to
tetroduce many of the proscribed "pithy biblical sayings" and "whole-
ERSTES SEMESTER IN LEIPZIG. 165

louled expressions " (p. 19, 1. 27-28) from the old German chroniclers.
In WertAer also there are many dialectic peculiarities, and they
occur occasionally even in some of his latest works. With regard
to his pronunciation, Goethe probably shook off, in consequence of
his prolonged residence in Weimar, all provincialism ; whereas Schiller probably said to his dying day iscAi, Swabian for ist. It may be
added, in conclusion that the dialects have received much attention of
late from philologists, and have even been used for humorous narrative
and poetry by Fritz Reuter, Klaus Groth, the brothers Grimm, and
others, but without any effort to raise dialect to the level of SchrifU
Sprache. Page 19, L 29, Geiler v. Kaisersherg; a promment preacher
who flourished in Strasburg at the beginning of the i6th century. His
discourses against the imperfections of the church and clergy wereseasoned with all sorts of stories, witticisms, and sarcasm. He
may be regarded as one of the precursors of the Reformation.
Page 90, 1. 18, keine allgemeine Bildung^ i. e., no national type of
culture common to the entire country. For the reason that there was
not (nor indeed is there even now) any one city so indisputably superior to all the others as to be the necessary centre for art, literature,
politics, and trade, like London or Paris. Page 91, L z, galant
Compare the scene in Auerbach 's cellar, in Faust ; especially the line,
5 ist ein klein Paris und bildet seine Leute, The resuscitation of Leipsic, after the desolation of the Thirty Years' War, was due in great part
to the immigration of a colony of French Protestants, who left their
homes in consequence of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1685.
Hence the expression, Colonie^ page 22, 1. 9. Goethe characterizes the
tone of Leipsic society as being, with all its excellence, kleinstdtisch,
1. 7, Saale, a river near Halle ; Pleisse, a small stream skirting Leipdc. ^1. 9. ZacharuBt a poet of the " Saxon " school, bom 1726. His
Renommist, an allegorical poem, in imitation of Pope's Rape of the
Lock, was composed at the age of eighteen. Having studied at (eipsic, the poet attempts to satirize the wild Hallensians and Jenensians
in favor of Leipsic "gallantry." 1. 21. Sckwagerscha/t, By locking
arms, two persons are said to drink Bruderschaft^ Schwgerscha/t, or
Schmollis, The pair then address each other with '* thou." ^1. 28,
Thomasmller; the lessee or tenant of the mill belonging to the estate
of the St. Thomas Church. ^1. 29. Schuhe und Strmpfe, pumps and
knee-breeches, the fashionable dress of those days. Page 99, 1. z
Glacis, The old town was still surrounded with a heavy mediaeval
166 NOTES.
wall of earth and masonry, the top of which had been converted int
a public promenade. The work of demolition was not begun in earnest
until 1784. At the present day the quondam moat and wall are replaced by a broad handsome street and succession of parks or open
places. Outside this girdle are the modem suburbs extending into
the country. Leipsic thus resembles Vienna, only on a much smaller
scale. 1. 12, Landeskinder ^ students natives of the kingdom of Saxony. Page 93, 1. 8, gesittet and Lebensart express the difference
between simple good-breeding and tact and address of manner.^, az,
Gottsched. A poet, dramatist, critic, and professor, then living at
Leipsic. He directed his efforts to raising the taste of his countrymen
by extolling the merits of French style and condemning the lnglish.
His admirers and disciples produced a mass of light literature, correct
enough in form but void of substance. His school of criticism was
speedily overthrown by Lessing and by Goethe himself, and his works
have no permanent value. Paê 84, 1. 13, Poeten nock der Mode.
C. F. Weisse, 1726-1804, had studied at Leipsic, where he made the
acquaintance of Lessing. His poems and dramatic pieces are numerous. This one in particular, published 1746, a light comedy satirizing
the literary feud then raging between Gottsched and Bodmer, had a
momentary success, but is now consigned to oblivion. ^1. 18, meine
eigenen Gedichte. One of these early poems, written before coming to
Leipsic, is still extant ; it is the Hllenfahrt Jesu ChrisH.-^VB^fi 95,
1. 13, einen kleinen Roman^ etc. While studying at home, '*to keep
up his several languages, he invented a Romance, wherein six or

seven brothers and sisters scattered over the world correspond with
one another. The eldest describes in good German all the incidents
of his travels ; his sister answers in womanly style, with short sharp
sentences and nothing but full stops. Another brother studies theology, and therefore writes in Latin, vrith postscripts in Greek. A third
and a fourth, clerks at Hamburg and Marseilles, take English and
French ; Italian is given to a musician ; while the youngest, who remains at home, writes in Jew-German. This Romance led him to a
more accurate study of geography, etc." Lewes' account is based
upon Goethe's own words, in a previous chapter of the Autobiography.
1. 20, eine sittliche Anmerkung^ i. e., criticizing the character and
sentiments of these imaginary personages. 1. 24, pedagogisch. It is
to be borne in mind that the German term, unlike the English, is not
suggestive of sarcasm. ^Pag 96, 1. 8, ihn gar niemand besilt^
SSSENHEIM. 161
Goethe is speaking of the year 1765, i. e., before the appearance of
Lessing's Laocoon (1766) and Dramaturgie (1767), which marked a
new era in criticism. Goethe literally knew not where to turn for
guidance as to what to read, and how to read it. Hence his Ver^
9weiun (p. 27, 1. 6.) L II, Wieland, one of the best-known German
writers. At that time in Biberach ; subsequently tutor to the young
prince of Weimar, and Goethe's warm friend there. His most popular work is Oberon, a romantic epic, based on the mediaeval story ot
Huon of Bordeaux. Goethe always admired W. as the first German
to write pleasing verse and easy graceful prose. But it is to be observed that W. had produced up to this time, 1765, nothing above mediocrity. 1. 16, Mittagstisch, The German student takes his morning coffee and rolls in his room, his supper wherever he may happen
to be, and his dinner at a hotel or student's club. L 21, HalUr^ LinnS,
Buffon, All three then new celebrities. Haller was at the time professor of anatomy and botany at Gttingen, and also a poet of conside^ble repute. ^Page 97, 1. 17, Verbrannte, This auto da fe did
not prevent Goethe from composing other poems subsequently at
Leipsic and even publishing them, Oct 1769. His first venture in
authorship contained some good pieces, e. g,tdie Brautnachty but h
did not quite strike the right vein until he came to Strasbourg.
SESENHEIM.
Bbfokb the close of his third academic year at Leipsic, Goethe wai
taken seriously ill. and had to return home. His recovery was so slow,
tliathis family and even himself began to despair. At last thoroughly
convalescent, he matriculated at Strasbourg, April, 1770, where he
remained until August, 1771, taking his degree oi doctor juris. It was
here, amid the beautiful Alsatian scenery, under the inspiration of the
great Cathedral, and stimulated by friends and companions more congenial than those of Leipsic, that his muse fairly awoke to a sense of
her powers. Some of his best lyrics were composed for Friederike
Brion. He had already begun to attract much attention, was already
under the spell of Shakespeare (subsequently narrated in Wilhelm
Meister) y and of Ossian (who figures so prominently in Werther)^ and
had already busied himself with Goetx and FausU So vivid was the
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fmprearioB left bf Stnsboarg In his memonr, that the present idyl,
written forty years later, has all the freshness, if not altogether Um
accuracy, of contemporaneous composition.
Page 97,1. 21, Elsass^ although belonging to the French cro^m,
was still distinct from the other provinces, and enjoyed many of its old
German privileges. Strasbourg university resembled the other
German ones. During the Revolution and the first Napoleonic era,
it was converted into a group oi faculiis. But in 1871, after the late
war, it was reorganized as a complete university. Pag 98, 1. 15,
ussere Varnê^ the advantages conferred by rank or position in society. See p. 127, L 27. ^L 22, Philemom and Baucis, This classical
episode has been employed, in a modified form, in the second part of
FausL Heinrich^ i e., Henry IV. of Navarre. ^Page 99, L 10, lateinische Reiter, The metaphor was probably invented in the times
when Latin was the chief or sole object of study. A priest or monk
who had passed his days over his Latin books, so as to neglect the
more practical arts of everyday life, would make a sorry figure on
horseback, and hence was nicknamed a Latin rider. Page 30^, L zi,
ohem Stellen, the authorities, whether in church or in state, in distinction from the mere villagers, Gemeinde. ^Page 31, 1. 10, Gliedern.
The word Mitglied would be more in accordance with the usage of
the language. ^1. 20, Nationaltracht, This description of F.'s costume
reminds one somewhat of Dorothea, although the latter is much more
stately and imposing. ^Page 33, L z, Elsasser Lieder, L. G. 83 gives
a smooth English rendering of the beginning of one of these songs :
'* I come from a forest as dark as the mght^
And believe me^ I love thee, my cmly deli|^t.
i ja, ei ja, ei, ei, ei, ei, ja, ja, ja !**
The refrain is probably to be sung after the manner of the Swia
jodebi. As a sample of the Strasbourg dialect, the following stansa
Irom another song, may suffice :
I hab e kleins Herzet
Diss Herael isch myn,
Un en einziger Bue
Het de Schlisse! detzue. (Ih f iSatiUkJk^
In die Sekr(ft*/rmeke : Ich hab^ ein kleues Hemfaen,
Dies Herzchen ist mein,
Und ein einziger Bube^
Hat den Schlflsid
SKSENUEIM. 1G9
L 8t Waie/UitL Herder, who had been visiting in Strasbourg, had
called Goethe's attention to Goldsmith's story. L i8, ging^ an Hnden^
assisted, helped. This non-umlauted form of the dat plural (com-
monly Hne) occurs only in such adverbial expressions ; it is a relic

of the old declension, where the dat. pi. was hantum^ and consequently
contained no i in the case-syllable to modify the stem a. Page 34,
1. 15, zum e^^nstand habend. Either supply unserer Aufmerksamkeit
after Gegenstand^ or perhaps better take Gegenstand in its broadest
sense, equivalent to " objective reality." The young pair are so fascinated with the skies that they lose all sense of the reality of the earth
on which they tread. ^1. 28, denen. This use of the pronominal form
for the article is decidedly archaic or provincial. Page 33, 1. ai, das
Mrchen ist goMMbttsammen^ L e., none of the characters are wanting.
Page 30 L 3, verkehrtes Zeugt wild stories. Verkehrt^ twisted out
of the correct shape in the telling. The English *' stuff" corresponds
to this use of Zeug. ^L 24, gestopfte seidene Decke^ what the French call
a duvet^ a thin layer of feathers encased in silk. Page 37, 1. 26, in
die Stadt^ namely, Strasbourg. Had Goethe carried out this first plan,
he would have had a hard day's ride. S. was over twenty miles {sechs
Stunden) distant. ^Page 38, L j^chtig^ a pregnant construction.
FuUy expressed, the meaning would be : ich hatte ihn Jlchtig {namely ^
im Vorbereiten) angesehen und er hatte mich an mich selbst erinnert.-^
L z8, sich insinttireut here to ingratiate oneself. 1. 26, MdeL The
name of the landlord's son, we learn subsequently, is George, and that
of his sweetheart Barbchen, diminutive of Barbara. To catch the full
force of George's warning, the reader should bear in mind that Goethe
was one of the handsomest men of his day, and often called the young
Apollo. 1. 28, ihren vlligen Wuchs. Although not expi essly stated
in the Autobiography, we are to infer that Goethe's hair had been cut
short during his illness. This is evident from the circumstance that
one of his troubles had been a tumorous swelling on the neck, which
was removed by caustics. ^1. 99, wie die seinigen scheiteln. It was the
fashion among the upper classes at that time to brush the hair straight
l>ack from the forehead and gather it behind in a queue. The landlord's son, however, not belonging to the upper classes, probably wore
his hair parted in the natural way. ^Page 39, 1. 9, den Kuchen. It was
and still is the custom to give the officiating clergyman (here Friederike's father) a cake, for a baptismal gift. The Wchnerin, accord
ing to Friederike's question, p. 40, 1. 3, is George's sister. Page 40,
no NOTES.
I. 3 Guet, . ,doeh fremd. Goethe, In his assumed character, is speaking the Frankfort dialect Both u and e are to be sounded, almost as
a dissyllable, but quite short, ^j fremd yre are not to understand ** as
a stranger, foreigner ; " this would be the direct opposite of Goethe's
meaning, which is, that by speaking the dialect of his native town, he
tried to come as near as possible to the Alsatian. The tK'o dialects
are m fact quite akin. Fremd means, with an accent difTerent from
that which he had used in his conversation the day before. 1. 23,
gtitem belacht worden. The allusion is to the verkehrtes Zeug', p. 36,
1. 3, which had been told of Goethe before his visit. ^Pitge 49, 1. 8,
durch buschige Rahmen, The reader is to imagine to himself a small
open space in the grove. The surrounding trees and bushes are cut
and trimmed in such a way as to form firames, as it were, to the landscapes beyond. Î. 12, diese Ruhe xu stren. An allusion to the subsequent breaking-ofifof his informal engagement with Friederike. ^Page
43, L I, Der Schreck ist mir in die Glieder gefahren. An idiomatic
expression, to denote that alarm has taken away one's ability to stand
Page 45, 1. 9, Olivie, This name is borrowed from Goldsmith's
story. The elder sister's real name was Salome. Page 46, L 10,
einen verteufelten Spuk, a terrible rumpus. ^1. zi, hse, both "loose"
and " mischievous." The Vogel are Goethe's wild pranks. ^1. 18, um^
gesattelt. The student-term for changing one's studies, by leaving
one faculty and matriculating in another. ^1. 19^ die Wochenkanzel
besteigen, 1. e., conduct the week-day services. 1. ^^ gesegnete Mahlzeit, a common mode of salutation, at the beginning and end of a
meal. ^Pag 47, 1. za, dusselig, better spelled duselig ( long, j^
English ), muddled, stupid. Connected etymologically with the
English *' dizzy, daze," i. e., applied to a person not in full possessfon
of his senses. George feigns to be stupid, by not understanding their
jokes and applying their remarks to the wrong person, until they are
glad to be rid of him. ^1. 21, Pekesche, see editor's note to Herrn, u.
Dor,, 1. 36. Pag4 48, 1. 1, die neue Melusine^ was published separately in 1817, and incorporated later in the second part of Wilhelm.
Meister, But it was still only in manuscript at the time Goethe coraposed this Autobiography. Hence the expression, sollte man es knftig
gedruckt lesen, 1. 16. Der neue Paris was a short story, composed by
Goethe in his boyhood, and given in a previous chapter of the Autobiography. ^1. 6, Genug, mir gelang , . . xu hinterlassen, A long and
rather climactic period, that may occasion the reader some difficulty
WERTHER. Itl
The infinitives erregen ^ fesseln^ etc., are dependent on es gelang mir.
Translate : Sufhce it to say tliat I succeeded and this is the reward
of tlie inventor and narrator of such productions in exciting the
curiosity (of my hearero), holding them spellbound, etc. The phrase
%u verwirren durch das Sellsatnere^ diis an die Stelle des Seltsamen tritt^
is fairly rendered by : I succeeded in bewildering them by following
up each marvellous statement with another still more marvellous.-*
1. 26, lehrhafte Redseligkeit^ didactic loquacity. Goethe's father war
a kind-hearted man, but given, as we should say, to ' preaching "
and playing the school-master. ^1. 29, im Erzhlen zu ernden^ to make
up the story as I went along. In the lines which stand on the titlepage of this volume, as motto, Goethe gives the same characterization
of himself. ^Page 40, 1. 16^ gr lieh und gleichnissweise, see p. 19, I.
4, and also Editor's Introd. to Herm, u. Dor. p. xxi. ^1. z8, Gall, the
well-known projector of the so-called science of phrenology. He met
Goethe in 1805, in Jena. The author here is speaking of events that
took place thirty-five years after his student-life at Strasbourg. Goethe
had unquestionably the natural capacity for becoming an orator. But
he had also a profound aversion to politics. And, as he says very correctly, es fand sick bei seiner Nation nichts au reden, Germany was
split up into a number of petty states, under absolute governments.
There were no parliaments, no public gatherings, no field whatever for
oratory. It is only within our day that the Germans have made their
first essay in this art.
WERTHER.
Aftbk taking his degree at Strasbourg, Goethe passed nearly a year
at home. In the spring of 1773, to gratify his father, he went to
Wetzlar, to learn the practice of law in the then existing Reichs
iammergericht, a sort of High Court of Appeals for the old German
Empire. In reality his Wetzlar studies were anything but legal in
their nature. His reputation was growing; some of his published
poems had attracted much attention, and he also took with him the
manuscript of Goetz (still unpublished), which he read to his more intimate friends. His time was given up to the muses and to the enfoyment of society and nature. While here he made the acquaintance
of Charlotte Buff and her fianc, Albert Kestner. Their liking fot
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the yoSk^ poct wss \ttuij snd sncere, snd Us devoCkn to tiheni mi
boimded. Their relatkms were far from ttie fererish, painful tensioa
depicted in Wertfaer. In fiict, we possess cootemporaij documentary
eTidence, Albert's letters to his friends and the like, wfaidi show conclusively that Goethe's feeling nerer exceeded the limits of generous,
healthful friendship. Lewes* Biography, throughout too sensational
in tone, is nowhere so uncritical and untrustworthy as in its treatment
of this phase of Goethe's life. The reader must consult in preference Karl Goedeke. Without attempting to unravel aD the threads
of fact and fiction diat Goethe has interwoven so skUfnlly. it will suf>
fice to give a few general statements. Goethe left Wetzlar in September of the same year, 1773, but kept up an animated correspondence
nith his newly-made friends. After re-writing Gaîs, he published it in
July, 1773, and made himself, by a single effort, the lion of die day.
Kestner had meanwhile visited him in Frankfort, and he had returned
the visit in Wetzlar. It was during this visit that he learned of the sad
ate of Jerusalem. This young man, who had been an acquaintance,
although scarcely an intimate friend of Goethe, both at Leipsic and at
Wetzlar, had had an unfortunate love-affair, and had in consequence
shot himselfl Kestner wrote out a full account of the affair, and sent
it to Goethe in December, 1773. Goethe had the account copied, and
kept the copy for his own use. In June, 1773, when the revision of
GoetM was finished, he began the composition of fVeriJr, It was
not published until the autumn of 1774, i.e., two years after he had
ceased to reside in Wetzlar. In substance, IVertA^ is an unparalleled blending of the character and actions of two men. But it ii
more than this. It is something much higher than a graphic tale
based upon fieu;ts and glowing in the most unmistakable local coloring.
The hero is a type of character which will always recur in the history
of mankind, and which was then the predominant type in Germany.
It was the age of sentimentalism. The first note, struck by Richardson
in England, had been caught up with tenfold force by Rousseau. In
Germany, Lessing's negative criticism bad overthrown men's faith in
long-accepted standards and rules, and prepared them- to receive
Shakespeare, while Ossian held sway over such spirits as felt deeply
but perceived dimly. The German mind was in a state of ferment ;
(he German nation, after two centuries of quiescence, was in the
throes of a new birth. The cry was everywhere : Let us have nature,
power, genius, and down with conventionalism and pedantry. Goeth
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himself, sensitive to all external influences, had been under the spell.
Rousseau in particular had moved him profoundly. Every page of
Werther bears witness to the influence of the great Genevese. But
bis robust, healthy nature perceived also the danger that lurked
in the new spirit, and enabled him to shake off its spell. And when
be had done so, he sat down we might almost say, in cold blood to
sum up the whole morbid phase in a single typical man who. despite
his many generous qualities, his love for children and nature, must of
necessity go to ruin. Herein he succeeded beyond his expectations.
The effect of the book upon Germany was electric. Every reader felt
that in Werther lay a great part of himself. And to this moral force
we must add the matchless vigor of the style. Never before had the
resources of the language been revealed so fully. Men felt that the
great creative genius, whom they had barely missed in Wieland and
Lessing, had come at last, and they could only fall down and do him
homage. To us of a colder generation much in Werther may seem
incredible. Yet we must bear in mind that the age of sentimentalism
has not wholly passed away ; it has merely assumed another shape.
And the style, so clear and sparkling, so powerful yet so graceful,
softening the rugged abysses of the human heart in the truest poetic
atmosphere, this style has never been surpassed, not even by Goethe
himself. The following extracts, imperfect as they are, will it is
hoped show this sufficiently. In form, Werther is an imitation of the
fashion set by Richardson and Rousseau. The hero narrates his adventures to an imaginary friend, who edits the letters posthumously.
Page 50, 1. II, la, bei expresses here both addition to and a slight
shade of contrast ; wahres Leben^ the full pulse of life. It is a moral
impossibility that Goethe could have read at this time a line of Hartmann V. Aue. Yet in the latter's Iwein^ v. 339, there is a passage resembling the present, both in phraseology and in spirit :
hie fant ich wisheit bi der juênt,
grAze schoene und ganze tugent.
Schoene is the modem Schnheit, and tugent (the mediaeval equivalent fot eourtaisie) would be in modem German ein durchaus feines Benehmen, It is interesting to observe the German spirit repeating itselj
after an interval of almost six centuries. 1. 24, Ich hab*s nicht ber*
winden knnen. The preceding part of this letter is written in the
oftemoon. The vrriter, after having just said that he had vowed not
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to ride oat to Lotte* breaks his resolve, and returns in the evening
to resume the letter at this point ^Pafe 51, 1. 3, Amtmann S. ** Dai
deuisck* Ham was one of the remnants of the ancient institution of the
Demtuhe Ritter , or Teutonic Order of Knighthood, celebrated in Gernan mediaeval history At the time now written of they were
leduced to a level with the Knights of Malta. The Order still possessed property in various parts of Germany, and in certain towns
there was a sort of steward's house, where rents were collected and
the business of the Order transacted ; this was uniformly styled das
deutsche Hams, There was such a one in Wetzlar ; and the Amtmann^
or steward, was a certain Herr Buff." L. G., 113. In WertAer, Goethe
has transferred Lotto's home to the country, thereby giving the
romance a more idyllic atmosphere. The hero writes in a previous
letter (May aa). '* Er (i. e., the Amtmann) wohnt auf einem frstlichen
yagdhofe, anderthalb Stunden van hier, wohin er nach dem Tode seiner
Frau tu Hohen die rlauhniss erhielt^ da ihm der Aufenthalt hier in
der Stadt und im Amthause mu weh that" The reader will observe
how artistically this shifting of the scene is motived. ^1. 17, ausschauen ^
"cleared," not in the American, but in the German sense, ^lichtet,
i.e., cleared of underbrush. ^1. 29, Versorgung, i.e., Anstellung,

1. 25, Thor, The house has in front a wide, paved courtyard (Hof),
separated from the highroad by a stone wall. The carriage stops at
the gateway {Thar) opening into the courtyard. Paffe 59, L 7, sechs
Kinder, Above, page 50, 1. a8, Werther speaks of " eight." The six
here mentioned are the younger ones, under eleven years. The two
eldest boys are mentioned subsequently, page 53, 1. 16, 34. 1. 12,
rufte, for rief; now only in poetry. ^1. 76, in die Stude lief The
meeting takes place in the Vorzimmer, or vestibule. Lotte now goes
into some back room, probably her dressing-room, for a moment, to
get her gloves and fan. As an additional proof of Goethe's artistic
sense, it may be stated that he has inverted the actual order of events.
He met Lotte, it is true, on the way to the ball, i. e., in riding from
Wetzlar to Wolpertshausen, but he did not see her in her charming
domestic circle until the next day. Also, the tragic " motive," namely,
her engagement, or semi-engagement, to Albert, is introduced here
at the outset, whereas Goethe in fact did not know of it at the ball.
Page 53, 1. 6. Leichtfertig, undoubtedly used here in the sense of
light, easy, spontaneous. It is to be observed that the word has now
acquired the force of leichtsinnig, frivolous. Page 54, L a. was et
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fr Bcher wrem. We are to understand Lotte as mentioning some
of the sentimental romances then in vogue. ^1. ii, Miss Jenny*
Richardson, by his Pamela, Clarissa Harlowe, and Sir Charles Grandison, had set the fashion. The Germans tried to imitate his style, and
even gave their heroines English names. Thus J. T. Hermes published, 1766, a romance, entitled Geschichte der Miss Fanny Wilkes,
Lessing's Miss Sarah Sampson was also a traîdie bourgeoise in the
style of Richardson. 1. 22, Wakefield, Lotte's preference for Goldsmith's simple and natural story tends to enhance her worth. The
reader will observe the prominent part played by the Vicar of Wakefield in the history of German literature. Page 55, 1. 19, ein gewisser
N, N, Goethe has borrowed here the phraseology of the Roman
Law. In the old formula N. N. (Numerius Negidius) and A. A.
(Aulus Agerius) were the standing terms for defendant and plaintiff.
They remind one of the John Doe and Richard Roe of Blackstone.
L 85, die unleidlichsten ein Ende zu Ptachen, Without diagrams
and a minute description, it is impossible to understand fully the old^
fashioned style of dancing. The sense of this passage is probably that
in the minuet, where the partners changed frequently, Werther took
good care to pick out the most attractive ones, so that the less attractive had no chance of offering their hand and thereby making him feel
disposed to stop. Page 50, 1. 4, Contretan is in general a plain,
" square *' dance, in distinction from a *' round " dance. Deutsch tan^
Men is to waltz. There were various kinds of Cantretanz, usually called
by the French names Anglaise^ etc., here einen Englischen, This
English dance, as suggested by die Reihe ^ page 57, 1. 11, and the
grosse Achte ^ 1. 21, must have resembled the Sir Roger de Coverley
or the Virginia ReeL The figure eight is where the partners, after
having danced hand in hand up and down between the two rows, wind
in and out, the lady along one row, the gentleman along the other.
1. 9, Chapeau, The use of the word to designate a man, in distinction
from a woman, is not uncommon in French. Here it means, not the
German Mann^ but partner. ^1. 18, Schlingungen der Arme, In the
old-fashioned way of beginning a waltz, the gentleman and lady, standing face to face and holding each other by the hand, swung their
arras slowly up and down and swayed their bodies to right and left
until they had fairly caught the step. Besides, it is the custom at
public balls for the floor-manager to draw up the couples in a line and
start them off one by one. Hence those at the end of the line maj
If 6 NOTES.
fanprovô the time by going througfa some cf the motkms. Thii b tht
probable explanation of the phrase da wir mm gar ans IVaMea iaaum,
L e., when our turn came. ^1. 21, weifs dU wenigstem knnen, Supef>
lative absolute, ** very few." Wh. 142. z. Pafê 57, L 24. die Promenade ^ not the general promenade at the end of the dance, but the
walk down the middle and back, which the leading couple makes firom
time to time in going through the figure eight. ^Paê 68, 1. 6, Wetter'khlen / more usual, Wetterleuchten^ heat-lightning. Page 69, 1. 14,
ber das Gelchter (see also 1. 22, Oder die Ohrfeigen), Goethe uses
here the accusative. Page 36, 1. 22 and page 52, 1. 20, he has used the
dative. Examples of both cases occur in the best writers. So far as
any distinction can be established, for the question is extremely complicated, the dative is more expressive of time, the accusative of
causality. ^Pge 60, 1. 2, der herrlichen Ode, Klopstock was at that
time a great favorite rith the German youth, and Goethe was especially carried away by his odes. The one here alluded to is probably
the one entitled: Die Stunden der Weihe, published Z748. The fint
stanza runs:
Euch Standen gilks^ idi, weldie der Abenditcm
Still in der Dftnim*rung mir xur Erfindung bringt
O geht nidit, ohne mich zu segnen.
Nicht ohne grosse Gedanken weiter.
1. 8, entweiht. Perhaps Werther suggests here, regretfully, that KIopstock's Came was already on the decline and his poetic merits subjected
to criticism. Or it is an outburst of extravagant enthusiasm, equivalent
to saying that the mention of Klopstock's name by lips less noble than
those of Lotte was a profanation. l?mfe 61, L 4, Wahlheim. In a previous letter, May 26, Werther describes a village ungefhr eine Stunde
von der Stadt. The real name of the village is Garbenheim. ^1. 20, hdn'
test du dich. The dich is not addressed to the imaginary recipient of
the letter. Werther is apostrophizing himself directly, as is shown by
the ich-mich a few lines below. He says, when I first cav^^ht the
view from this hill. I thought to myself: O that I might plunge into
those wooded shades, that I might lose myself in those dells. Page
6, 1. 14, Butter ausstechen a term of the German kitchen, meaning
literally to scoop butter out of the tub with a spoon. ^1. 29, hier. Not
to be connected with kam, much less with hinaus. The phrase is ler
Medicus aus der Stadt hier, the city-doctor here. Pag 63, L 4,
tmter'm Reden, There is a difference between ber (see note to page
WERTUER. iTt
59. 1. Z4) and unter In snch connectioiis. The fonner denotes that a
person is so absorbed in one thing as to forget everything else. The
latter, on the contrary, that the person does intentionally two things
at a time, like the doctor here. 1. zi, so. See ed. note to Pice.
V. 7x3. ^Page 641, 1. 2, radotirent from the French radoter, to rave,
rant. ^1. 4, Elend. In the preceding letters Werther has represented
himself in the first flush of pleasurable excitement. But now the re
verse has come. Albert, who is described as having been absent, has
returned and Werther begins to realize the hopelessness of his position, and resolves to flee. His love of inanimate nature is now
turned to gall. The entire letter is difficult to grasp in its continuity,
although each single phrase is simple enough by itself. Each half of
the letter is climactic. The first half is an amplification of a previous
letter, May 10. Werther says : When I surveyed the landscape, and
saw everything in full activity, the hills clothed in verdure, the valleys, the gentle river, the forest birds, the very gnats dancing in the
sun, the beetles in the grass, the moss on the rocks, the weeds along
the sand-hill, these my immediate surroundings filled my soul rith
ecstasy, and I saw before me in imagination the whole habitable globe,
die unendliche Welt, 1. 37, enormous mountains, great precipices,
broad rivers, yea the elemental forces under the earth and all the
realms of air and all the abodes of mankind. Here he breaks off, to
apostrophize bitterly narrow-minded man, armer Thar, who speaks
of the earth as little, because he himself is petty, and thinks to rule
where he is only the creature of circumstance. There is a remarkable parallelism between this entire passage, frx>m Das voile, warwu
Gefhl to d$trch sich hervorbringt and the lines in Faust where Faust
says to Wagner (on their Easter promenade) :
Betrachte, wie in Abeadsonneglut
Der Kranich nach der Heimat strebL
The latter half of the letter brings in the antithesis. Werther, wounded
to the heart, is awakened to the consciousness that this teeming world,
apparently so fair, is the scene of infinite misery, that all things are
doomed to decay, that all creatures, even man himself, destroy one
another, that life is but death. The reader will find something of a
counterpart to Werther's outburst in Tennyson's In Memariam^ can
106 LUI-LV.
in NOTES.
O yet we trust tiwt ao mcbow goo
Bdund the reil, behind the TciL
But Tennyson suggests at least a trust which Werther doef not
A few phrases demand special explanation. Ps 641, 1. 22, meinem
Marien Felsen. As Werther has not mentioned any one rock as his fiabvorite seat, the meinem is to be taken in the broadest ethical sense serving merely to identify his feelings more vividly with the physical world
1. 23, Geniste, equivalent to Gestrppe^ the long tangled vines that
grow in sand. ^Paê 65, 1. 7, xusammensickem. Again a pregnant
construction, like chtig, page 38 L 7. Fully expressed, the sense
would require : die Menschen durch das Zusammenleben in Husleim
sichern sich gegenseitig. ^Paê 66, 1. 25, Garten. The place here
described is neither the imaginary Jagdhofoi Lotte's father, nor Wahlheim, but a garden mentioned in the first letter of all, May 10, laid
out by the deceased Count M. on a hill near the city. Page 67,
1. 23, Cabinette^ the same as the geschlossenes Pltzchen^ 1. 11. In the
letter of May 10, this is said to have been the favorite spot of the deceased Count also. Page 69, 1. 4, du vergisst. The form vergissest
is much more usual and correct. Page 70, 1. 26, das Morgen^ L e.,
the word " to-morrow." Wh. 61, 2. c. does not quite include this instance of the neuter in place of the usual masculine. ^The present letter concludes Book I. In the sequel Werther returns despite
his resolve, becomes more and more involved, loses all self-restraint,
even in Lotte's presence, and finally shoots himself. The r61e played
by the extravagant sentimentalism of Ossian in this second pait
throws an instructive light upon the then state of the German mind.-*
Goethe's real leave-taking is thus described : Als er, es war am zo.
^ September, Mittags bei Kestner im Garten gegessen^ traf er wieder mii
ihm im deutschen Hause zusammen. Niemand wusste etwas von seiner
auf den nchsten Morgen angesetzten Abreise, Lotte fieng ein Gesprch
vom Zustande nach diesem Leben, vom Weggehen und Wiederkommen
an. Sie machten mit einander aus, wer zuerst von ihnen strbe, solltet
wenn er kSnnte, den Lebenden Nachricht von dem Zustand Jenes Lebens
geien, Goethe war sehr gefasst, aber *' dies Gesprch riss ihn ausein'
ander.** ** Wre ich einen Augenblick lnger geblieben, ich htte nicki
gehalten,** schrieb er noch denselben Abend in dem Abschiedszettel am
Kestntr. Am nchsten Morgen frh, sieben Uhr, reisste er ab, K. G.,
SIN BRISF AUS DER SCHWEIZ. 179

89. The reader will see how closely WtrAer follows the fiwU, yet
how marked is the difference.
EIN BRIEF AUS DER SCHWEIZ.

In the usual editions of Goethe's rorks, Werther is followed by a
compilation, entitled Briefe aus der Sclnoei^ in two parts. The juxtaposition is in every sense unfortunate. Part First is a narrative, partly
in letter-form, partly in diary, of an imaginary journey taken by
Werther in Switzerland, before making Lotte's acquaintance. The
narrative is based upon Goethe's own journey in Switzerland, in the
summer of 1775, with Haugwitz and the Stolbergs. The connection
with Werther is very slight and the style inferior. Some of the descriptions are spirited, but the whole, as an afterthought to Werther,
must be pronounced a failure. Part Second is of an altogether different nature. It is the bona-fide account of a journey made by Goethe
with Karl August and the Kammerherr . Wedel, in the autumn ol
1779* The letters, down to the sixth of November (consequently including the present one), were written, as they now stand, during the
journey, and addressed to Frau . Stein. The subsequent portion ol
the narrative was composed by Goethe after his return to Weimar, by
th^ aid of his diary.
The present letter has, then, all the freshness of contemporaneous
writing. It is here given entire, with the exception of a brief concluding paragraph, which speaks of a projected trip fo Chamounix. The
description is not only graphic and fascinating in itself, but it shows
the transition which Goethe's style was undergoing. Any large map
of Switzerland will enable the reader to follow the travellers step by .

step. The reader should also bear constantly in mind that Morjêm^
Uitta^^ Abends and Mitternacht serve to indicate points of the compass as well as times of the day.
PSe Tl, L 6, 7, ber. Ordinarily this preposition before the name
of a town is equivalent to " via." A glance at the map will show that
such cannot be the force here. The sense is perhaps best rendered
by ** from (to) a point opposite." In point of fact the Dent de Vaulion
Is 11.-W. of Lausanne, and the Dole w. of Nyon. 1. 8, 9, eitmegrabem,
tmgeukmemmU Ws would say in English: dug, washed "ouL"
180 NOTICS.
Ilie Jura has giTcn its name to a well-known geological fonnation
umch of the rock is a submarine coral deposit of limestone. The Alps
proper, to the south of Lake Geneva, belong to an altogether different
formation. Goethe is writing prior to the rise of the science of geology, but has already a foreboding of the great discoveries to be made
a iv*w years later. ^1. ii, Lamdsprache^ usually Landessprache ^ the patois
of the district. Joux is not a classic French word ; it is derived by
Joanne fromyt^^fB. ^L 15, Mittag geên. MittemaeAt. The trend of the
Jura is rather from s.-w. to n.-e., slightly convex on the western side.
^1. 16, Jener Seite . . . dieser. By Seite is meant here properly Ende,
The upper or higher end of the valley is on the south, towards the
Sept Moncels. In writing from Geneva, Goethe, one might suppose,
would describe this southern end of the valley, the one nearest to
Geneva, as dieser, and the northern zs Jener, The explanation is, that
Jetter refers grammatically to Mittag, and dieser to Mitternacht.^'
L 18, der hchste Gipfel. The Dole is not the highest summit of the
Jura. Its elevation is given by Joanne (Jtiniraire de la Suisse) at
1,683 metres above the ocean ; that of the Dent de Vaulion at 1,486.
The eastern wall of the valley of Joux is formed not only by the Noir
Mont, but by two other peaks, called Mont Fendre and the Marchairu.
The highest summits of the Jura are ^farther southward the Reculet, 1.726 m., and Creux de la Neige, 1,724 m. The height of Mont
Tendre is 1,680 m., of the Marchairu 1,450 m. ; that of Mont Risouz
is not given by Joanne, nor on Osterwald's map, but is undoubtedly
less than the eastern ridge. The surface of the Lac de Joux is
1,009 m. above the ocean, and the depth of the water 50 m. By deducting 375 m. (the elevation of Lake Geneva above the ocean) from
these respective altitudes, and multiplying by 3.3, the reader will get
in English feet the relations of the Lac de Joux and its encircling
peaks to ihejlaches Land (page 71, 1. 21) around Geneva. ^PAê 7^
1, z, die untere bessere. The northern end of the valley does not belong
to Bern now, but is part of the Canton de Vaud. ^1. 3. Fuss der Sept
Moncels. Both Joanne and Osterwald place the Sept Moncels to the
south of the valley and altogether outside of it, near the town of St.
Claude (page 78, 1. 10). ^1. 9, einen kleinen See. Named by Joanne : Lac
Brenet. 1. 18 , Mont. Goethe does not designate the point of departure,
but it is evidently Rolle, on the northern bank of Lake Geneva. Mont
is a few miles from Rolle. ^1. 24, Mont Blanc, the highest peak of the
Alps, and consequently of Europe, rises to 15,800 feet above the ocean.
KIN BRIEF AUS DER SCHWEIZ. lg)
The summit is an elongated dome of snow. Its distance from Mont is

about sixty miles in a direct line. Faucigni^ the name of a village and
district of Savoy, of which Bonneville (on the road from Geneva to
Charoounix) is the capital. Page 73, 1. z, Holt. The road from
Rolle to Le Brassus and Le Sentier, the principal villages in the Joux
valley, is now a route de vaiture, ^1. 3, Hinterwrts, Not to be rendered by " backwards," as if the party, having reached a certain point,
began to retrace their steps. In fact, the word here is rather super*
fluous. Goethe merely means that, having crossed the summit of the
eastern ridge of the Joux valley (the pass is called the Col du Marchairu) , the road descends into the valley. Hinterwrts denotes therefore the other side of the ridge. ^1. 9, Quartier Goethe does not
mention the place, but it must have been in or near Le Brassus.
L 17, Sauber, Refers more to the excellence of the carpenter-work
than to the absence of soot. The rough bricks on the inside of the
chimney are neatly lined, ausgeschlagen. The chimney itself is different from those in America. It is in the shape of an inverted funnel,
against the wall. The mouth is very wide, and hangs several feet
above the fireplace, which is down on the floor. The fuel used is
probably brush or small fagots, which throw out little heat. ^1. a8,
Abendseite, not of the Noir Mont, but of the valley. ^Pge 741, 1. 13,
der grosse See, the Lac de Joux (page 73, 1. 8) ; Westwrts, it makes
a slight turn to the west ; in den kleinen {See), the Lac Brenet. ^1. 23,
in Valorbe hervorkommt. The reader will observe that the Joux valley, with its river and lakes, is shut in on all sides by high ridges.
The river Orbe, flowing rapidly from south to north, empties into the
Lac de Joux and from this into the Lac Brenet. Here apparently it
tomes to an end, being blocked by a spur of the Dent de Vaulion. In
reality the waters find their way by a subterranean channel directly
through the mountain and reappear on the other side, 233 metres below the level of Lac Brenet, springing out of a large rocky basin called
the Source de TOrbe, and finally empty into Lake Neufchatel, at
Yverdun. The stratification of the calcareous rocks around Lac
Brenet is almost perpendicular and quite porous. The fissures serve
as natural flumes, and empty the water into the subterranean channel.
The entire formation is very interesting. 1. 26, mehr, i. e., mehrmals.-^
\, og, la Dent, namely, de Vaulion. ^Page 75, 1. i, Dole. From this
point, in a line with the Noir Mont. ^1. 3, Pelsrcken, the Risoux.-
L 9, Herrschaften, domains, principalities. One is tempted to rende
182 NOTES,
the word here by ^cantons.'* Goethe b speakm^ here, not of thi
view of the Joux valley, but of the more extensive and grander view
on the other side, towards Geneva. ^1. 14, Nebelmeer. This fog, a still,
cold, and dry mist, is an almost daily phenomenon on Lake Geneva
during October. Those in the city cannot see the sun during the
morning, except as a pale disk. The mist, brouillard, usually
breaks away in the afternoon. ^1. 21, Oberland^ i. e., the Bernese
Oberland, of which the chief summits are the Finsteraarhom, Aletschhorn, Jungfrau, Eiger, Mnch, etc. ^l. 22 Ge^pen Abend. Goethe
here means to the xMtrM-west, towards and beyond Geneva. ^1. 26,
Vaulion, a small commune at the southern base of the mountain.
L 30, Gerade ab straight down, viz., on the northern side. This side is
a sheer precipice, so steep that it seems to hang over {eher etwas eitt*
wariSt p. 76, 1. 2.). ^Pge T6, 1. 3, ^leuk darber, "just beyond."
A person standing on the summit of the Dent sees on one hand the
Lac Brenet, on the other the source de I'Orbe, and can trace in imagina>
tion the subterranean channel between the two. ^1. 10, See, i.e. , Lake
Geneva. ^1. 12, Tkal, i.e., the Joux valley. ^1. 16, Wirthshaus, They return to the house where they had passed the previous night. ^1. 22, vereinselt .... ausgetrieben worden. The construction can scarcely be
called elegant. After vereinzelt supply haben The monks sold their
estates in small parcels, and then, during the Reformation, were expelled, along with the other Swiss monks. It is interesting to note
how sharply the dividing-line is here drawn. In the Swiss (Protestant)
portion of the valley, the land is free and the monks have disappeared. In the southern portion, which belongs to France, the
monks, as we shall see, page 78, 1. 9, are still in possession and maintain their feudal privileges. 1. 24, Bern, see note to page 72, 1. 1. 1. aS^
geschlagen. Technical term for cutting down trees. Unter Aufsicht;
to prevent the destruction of the forest, the government permits only
a certain number of trees to be cut each year. 1. 30, kleines yieh,
sheep or goats. ^Pa>ge 77, L 6, Steinschleifer According to Joanne,
this branch of industry, less active than of old, still gives employment to
one hundred or one hundred and twenty men and women, engaged in
cutting rubies, garnets, and marcasite for Paris jewelers. ^Puge 78,
1. 10, an die Erde gebunden, in Law Latin glebae adscripti.-A 10, Abgaben , not merely taxes but tithes of various kinds and feudal services. 1. II, sujets d la main morte et au droit de la suite. The
church, being composed of an unceasing succession of individuals.
SIN BRIEF AUS DER SCHWEIZ. 183

iras regarded as a perpetual corporation. The lands which it once acquired, it could not alienate without special permission from the sovereign or the courts. Hence its estates were said to be dead to the
ordinary traffic of the world, to be in manu morie. The sub-tenants
of the church were serfs, who had not the right to leave the estate
or to dispose of their personal effects by will, and who had to pay
over to tlie church nearly all the fruits of the estate, retaining for them
selves only a bare subsistence. Suite is about equivalent to poursuite
The droit de la suite was the right which the landlord possessed of following up a tenant in any place to which he might escape and seizing
there his person and his effects. The words of the edict of Louis
XVI. on this point are : ** We mean the droit de la suite against serfs
and those subject to mortmain, a right by which landlords have sometimes pursued into the free lands of our realm and even into our capital the property and acquisitions of those citizens who haVe absented
themselves for many years from their glebe; an excessive right,
which our tribunals have hesitated to sanction and which the principles of social justice do not permit us to tolerate." Tlie efforts of
Louis XVL did not meet with much success. But ten years later, on
the memorable night of the fourth of August, 1789, the National Assembly overthrew the entire feudal system. 1. 23, die neue Strasse,
The great diligence route from Dijon via Champagnole across the Jura.
At Les Cressonniferes, on the western side of the Dole, the road divides ;
the north f'ni fork passes between the Dole and Noir Mont, traverses
the town of St. Cergues, and so reaches Lake Geneva at Nyoii (in the
canton of Vaud). The southern fork skirts the western base of the
Dole, then turns abruptly to the east, crosses the Col de la Faucille,
between the Dole and Mont Rond, traverses Gex and Femex, and
thus reaches the city of Geneva. Goethe and his party dismount
near Les Cressonni^res, and sending their horses ahead to St.Cergues
ascend the western slope of the Dole on foot. ^Pa>ge 79, 1. 6, nichi.
This pleonastic use of the particle of negation after verbs which
themselves suggest a negation, such as hindering, refraining from,

forbidding, hesitating, etc., occurs m the best writers, but is gradually
passing away. Yet in South Germany one still reads and hears such
phrases as : Es ist verboten auf dieser Anlage nickt %u reiten, See p.
118, 1. 8. 1. 18, SennhUtte, according to Schmitthenner-Weigand, '*die
als Stall und Ort zur Ksebereitung errichtete HQtte bei einer Alpenveiie ; ** der Senne, *' der Oberkuhhirt einer AlpenwirthschaCt ; " femi*
184 Kons.
nine, tbs Simmerm. Hie temu are used in Switaerkuid and Bavaria
Derived from a conjectural stmmt, semn, sanjo or umiot which is connected with the word Sahu^ cream. i. 19, Lemamersee^ the classic name
for Lake Geneva. L 21, Jeinem See, The upper (eastern) end of the
lake averages seven or eight miles in ridth ; but from Nyon down to
Geneva, only a mile and a half. The general shape of the lake is a
crescent. ^Page 80, L i, CkUhm. The castle celebrated by Byron is
situated on a small rocky isle, a few feet out from the shore of the
lake, and connected with it by a drawbridge. The walls being of a
whitish color, contrast strongly with the intense blue of the surrounding water ; hence it is quite visible even to one standing so far off as
the summit of the Dole. The distance must be nearly forty miles
due east. ^1. a, das Gebir^. Goethe means probably the Dent de
Jaman and the Grammont, which to the spectator on the Ddle have
the appearance of running down into the lake, Hs in dem See, These
ridges are to the east and west respectively of the upper Rhone as it
empties into the lake between Villeneuve and Bouveret. ^1. 6, Momt
Credo una M<mt Vauche, After leaving Geneva, the Rhone strikes the
Jura range about twenty miles s.-w. of the city, and traverses it
through a narrow gorge between the Mont Credo on the north and
the Chamont or Mont Vuache (not Vauche, as Goethe spells it) on
the south. Just at the entrance of this gorge, on the Geneva side
is the Fort de TEcluse, a strong fortress that completely commands
the valley. The military importance of this post was known as frtf
back as the times of Julius Caesar, who says: "Angustum et difficile
inter montem Juram et flumen Rhodanum, qua vix singuli earn ducerentur ; mons autem altissimus impendebat, ut facili perpauci prohlbere
possint.'* The railroads from Macon, Lyons, and Chambary, after
meeting at Culoz, follow up the Rhone on the west bank as far as
Bellegarde. Here the Mont Credo is traversed by the celebrated tunnel which bears its naoke, a tunnel 3.900 metres (a)^ miles) in length,
built about twenty years ago by a company of English engineers
At the eastern end of the tunnel is the Fort de I'Eoluse. I. zz, Neth
hurgt or Neuenbrgs better known to most Americans by the French
name, Neufchatel. The waters, like those of all Swiss lakes, being
of an intense blue, are not to be distinguished from the blue vapor
which covers this part of the landscape on the present occasion. ^1. \^
Eisgebirge designates here more particularly the Mont Blanc range.*
L aa, vom See etetf. Some of the editions have here a typographical
ITAUKNISCHE REISK. 185

error, vom ScJbu* am/, which make the passage unintelligible. Goethe
is describing very faithfully the general effect of the Mont Blaric range
from this point So he says : What an array of peaks and ridges,
starting from the very shores of the lake and running back in ascend-
ing tiers for miles and miles. Yet these are only the outposts ( Vor^
hofe). But when the great giants themselves {sU selbst) loom up so
grandly in the background, the mind of the spectator is completely carried away. L ay. Unendlich nlUh, The same idea has been expressed by Goethe even more happily, in one of his metrical aphor*
isms:
Ins Unendliche willst du schreiten,
Geh' nur im Endlichen nach allen Seiten.
L 99, Vor uns, Le., at our feet. ^Paye 81, 1. 2, einbildliche. Compare
herrsehen . . . Armer Thor, page 65, 1. 7, 8. 1. la. Die letzten^ links im
Oberland, the distant peaks of the Bernese Oberland. Nowhere has
the general character of an Alpine sunset, especially on the Mont Blanc,
been so truly described as in this passage. ^1. a8, âng reinen See,
That is, the ^t^/ mentioned above, L 9, must have disappeared.
ITALIENISCHE REISE.
To appreciate the Italienisehe Reise^ the reader must understand
clearly the circumstances under which Goethe visited Italy. In 1775,
after the appearance of Weriher, Goethe met the young Duke Karl
August, and accepted his invitation to reside in Weimar. At first
merely the Duke's private friend, he was raised, in 1776, to the dignity
of privy-councillor. Aside from a few brief journeys in Germany
ftnd Switzerland, he remained uninterruptedly at Weimar, enjoying
the business and pleasures of court-life and apparently absorbed in
them. His intimate friends were the Duke and Duchess, Frau v. Stein,
Knebel, Wieland, and Herder. In reality, he was collecting the materials and preparing himself for some of his greatest works. His
minor lyric poems grew rapidly in number, and attained a higher
degrree of excellence. He composed, for court-theatricrJs, numerous
little dramas and Sinîele, such as Jery und Bately^ and Die Fisch"
erin. Some of the songs in the Meister date from this period. He
had also published a prose version of the Iphigenie, ha i almost finished Bpnani, and had elaborated a good deal of the first part of
186 NOTES.
FaMs But he was not satisfied. He felt that he must needs flee frvim
the distractions of Weimar life, and take refuge in another sphere where
his spirit might compose itself and attain the perfect maturity necessary for the achievement of perfect works. His longing for Italy, the
land of art by eminence, became irresistible. Mignon's song, Kennst
du das Land^ written at this time, is a full confession of his stare of
mind. In the summer of 1786 he visited Carlsbad with Herder, Frau
V. Stein, and the Duke, and here obtained from the latter an indefinite
leave of absence. No one but the Duke knew of the projected journey*
Leaving Carlsbad, Sept. 3, in the night, Goethe travelled by rapid
stages through Bohemia and over the Brenner. His first halting-place
was Verona. To escape any diplomatic annoyances and-formalities
that might arise from his official position as privy-councillor to the
Duke, he travelled in Italy under the assumed name of Mller. He
gave himself up completely to the enjoyment of art, and associated
almost exclusively with painters and sculptors. He took lessons at
Rome in drawing, coloring, and modellingii and labored assiduously,

but came at last to the deliberate conclusion that this was not his vocation. Yet he found also time enough for literary work that would
have taxed the fuH energies of an ordinary man. He finished Egmoni,
recast Iphigenie in its present metrical form, composed in great part
Tasso, wrote the remarkable scene in the witch's kitchen jn Faust, and
planned a poem, to be entitled Nausikaa (see page Z17). To say nothing of his botanical and anatomical observations, which culminated
subsequently in the Metamorphose der Pflanzen and the vertebra]
tlieory of the skull. Yet the real literary fruits of the Italian journey
did not show themselves until much later, after his return to Weimar.
Tlie time passed by Goethe in Italy extended from Sept., 1786, to
April, 1788 more than one half in Rome. The description of his life
in Italy is not a finished work, and was never intended by Goethe to
be such. Indeed, it was not put into shape by Goethe until twentyfive years afterwards, in 1813, and the following years, although the
appendix Ueber Italien and the Rmisches Carneval were published
as early as 1788-9. Goethe recalled from his correspondents, the chief
of whom were Herder and Frau v. Stein, his letters addressed to them
during the journey, and, by the aid of his copious notes of travel and
diary, composed the Italienische Reise as we have iL The book consists in the main of extracts from or abridgments of sîch letters and
notes. The wording is changed only slightly in places. Gocê's object
ITALIENISCHE REISE. 18f

was to supply an intermeszo between Dichtung tmd Wahrkeit aiid the
Annaltn^ that is, to show how he came to visit Italy, how he passed his
time there, what he accomplished, and how he was impressed, or, in
other words, to make known a chapter in his life. Nothing was farther
from his purpose than to write a monograph on Italy. Hence the
Italienische Reise is abrupt, fragmentary, desultory, and to those
who do not approach it fairly disappointing. On the other hand, it
is far more valuable than any finished work could have been. For it
reveals to us the man Goethe in the prime of life, wie er lebt und leiht^
gratifying his most ardent wishes, striving day and night to develop
his capacities in every direction to the utmost. It is the most personal,
the most alive of all his works, and gives the readiest conception of
his many-sidedness. The present extracts ^fragments of a fragment
will indicate some at least of the more important phases in this process
of new-birth, as Goethe himself has called it.
Page 83, 1. \,den Mnnd au/thuut etc. We are to infer from this that
Goethe had not written until now to his private friends. In fact, the
Duke was his only correspondent, and kept the secret carefully. ^1. 5,
Porta del Popolo. The then principal entrance to Rome, on the north,
at the end of the Corso. Now the traveller, usually coming by rail,
enters the city on the east, near the Baths of Diocletian. 1. 10. in
Norden, Not to be connected with jedermann^ but dependent on
gefesselt. The sense is, " wrapped up in northern ideas.*' Anmuthung^
desire, interest. Usually employed objectively, to denote the charm
exercised by a person or thing over us. ^Pge 83, L 2, fnfzehn. In
the summer of 1775 Goethe, with the Stolbergs, ascended the Gothard.
From the summit the plain of Lombardy invited them to descend.
His companions urged him to make an impromptu Italian journey.
But, to use his own words, he himself Was then in Norden gefesselt^
and returned to Frankfort. 1. 19, Kork, Pictures cut in cork are not
uncommon in Germany, but one seldom sees them in America. They
look somewhat quaint, but the general effect is pleasing. ^L 28, Elise,
In classic mythology two Pygmalions are mentioned. The one, of
Cyprus, fashioned an ivory statue so beautiful that he fell in love with
it, and Venus, to {^ratify him, converted it into a woman, whom he
married. The other, Pygmalion of Tyre, was brother of Elisa, or
Elissa, better known as Queen Dido of Carthage. Goethe seems to
hare confounded here the two sagas. The ideal name usually given
lo the statue-woman is Galatea.~Pge 84, 1. 13, tin und di4 atiderf^
us
GoeUie b food of iiig tiiis (now archaic or proylscial) uninflected
form of the attributive. Compare Luther's Ein feste Bur^, and H, .
Dor.y vii. 198. ^1. 22, Baumeister . . . verwstet. The architects of the
Middle Ages committed worse ravages than the early barbarians.
Classic buildings were torn down to make room for newer ones or were
used as quarries of building material. The costliest marbles were
even burned for lime. ^PAge 85,1. 5, selbst^ i. e.^fr mich selbst, M'ithout the aid of the Vorarbeiten^ or works of reference. ^1. 25, Rotond^^
the Pantheon, a relic of the classic epoch. The dome is 140 it. in
diameter. ^1. 28, Massvergleichung. Goethe does not mean by this,
** all sense of proportion," but rather, the desire to compare one object with another to see which is the greater. All true works of art are
equally great. ^Pge 86, 1. 8, das Auge Licht sein, an evident allusion
to Matt, vi., 22, 23; Luke, xi., 34-36. L 15, Cestius, The pyramid
or tomb of C, tribune of the people, erected about 30 B. C. It is of
brick, covered with marble blocks ; 98 fl. at the base and 116 ft. high.
^Pge 87, FrasceUi, A small town, 12 m. s.-e. of Rome, near the
site of the ancient Tusculum, pretty well up the Monti Albani (hence
auf an, 1. 13, 14). Tivoli is to the n., about fifteen miles. 1. 10,
Tuschmuschel, a saucer in which India ink is mixed. ^1. 26, Felicissima
notte, Italian, "good night." Pge 88, 1. 4, Reiffenstein^ the Nestor
and patron of the then German colony in Rome. ^1. 7, Hackert had
left Rome for Naples (1. 13), where Goethe afterwards meets him.
1. 17, Tischbein, a celebrated historical painter. A warm friend of
Goethe and his constant companion in Rome and Naples. The wellknown picture of Goethe, clad in a Roman mantle and seated on a
broken column in the Campagna, is by him. ^L &8, Sulxer, author of
a Theorie der schnen Knste, 1774. The tableau given by Goethe of
artist-life in and near Rome is interesting. The reader should remem
ber that although none of the men here mentioned are strictly worldrenowned, yet they were the founders of the school which culminated
a few years later in Thorwaldsen, Gibson, Canova, Wyatt, Flaxmann,
Cornelius, and Overbeck. We observe already the impulse to profound study given by Lessing and Winckelmann. Page 80, St.
Cecilia, the patron saint of sacred music. ^1. 9, Obelisk, Originally in
Heliopolis, but brought to Rome under Caligula and placed in the
Vatican circus. Removed to its present site by Pope Sixtus V., in
1586. ^L iz, Sixtinische Kapelle, named after Pope Sixtus IV., 1473 ;
between the Vatican and St. Peter's. The frescoes by Michael Angelo,
ITALIENISCHE REISE. 189

representing the Creation, Deluge, and Last Judgment, are uni rersicHy
considered the {grandest in the world. 1. 22, ekeln . . . Geschmack^ etc.
An allusion to a previous visit to St. Peter's, when, as be expresses it.
his protestantische Erbsnde, the contrast drawn involuntarily betwcer

papal splendor and the simplicity of Christ, had spoiled his enjoymen
of high mass. 1. 26, Stadt im kleinen. ** On the roof a number of
domes and small structures are seen, some of which serve as dwellings
for the workmen and custodians." Baedeker. Page 90 1. 9, Ge*
sitnse, usually cornice ; here, gallery running around the bottom ot
the dome proper, Kuppel, and of the Tambour ^ the upright cylindrical,
base upon which the Kuppel rests, between it and the roof. 1. 10, selhe^
South German for dieselben. To convey an idea of the magnitude ol
St. Peter's, it will be necessary to give a few figures. The open
place Piaxxa in front is 370 yards long by 260 broad. The length
of the church is 232 yards ; height of the nave (see 1. zi, 12),
150 feet. From the pavement to the top of the lantern of the
dome, 403 feet ; to the top of the cross (just above the Knopfs
I. 6), 435 feet; diameter of the dome, 138 feet. The Knopf, which
looks like a mere ball from below, will hold sixteen persons.
In general appearance the dome is like that of the capitol in
Washington. i. 24, die ganze Kirche mit Mosaik, The churchhas several permanent wall-pictures in mosaic. Goethe intimates that for the purposes of this festival paintings had been hung
up temporarily, so that the church appeared lined with mosaicPage 91, L ZI, Litiganti; perhaps an Italian version of Racine's PlaU
deurs. ^L 14, freut. Evidently in reply to the first letters received
from his Weimar friends. ^L 19, Prmissen, reasons. Goethe intimates that to give his real reasons for deserting his friends, viz., his
dissatisfaction vrith Weimar life, would be worse than to offer no
excuse.! 21, salto mortale, Italian, death-leap. Used, half-playfrtlly, to denote any desperate effort to escape from a trying position.
1. 26. Winckelmann, The founder of the modem school of artarchaeology. Bom 1717, in Prussia. After a bitter struggle with
poverty, he rose to celebrity, and was made director of antiquities at
P..ome. His chief work. Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums^ is monumental. He was murdered, 1768, near Trisste, by a fellow-traveller,
who wished to rob him of his valuable art collections. Page 9, 1
04, tum neuen Jahre, Goethe is writing before the days of railroads,
wbeo a letter from Rome to Weimar might well be two weeks and
190 MOTES.
more on the road. 1. 30, dem ICindem ; probalily the &mfly of Fnm
T. Stefai. Vm^<9 93, L 17, elektrischem Schlag, The electric eel or
torpedo b meant. ^L 21, Umgeformte, Goethe does not mean that a
landscape is a *' shapeless " mass, but that it has no organic, inherent
form, is only a casual juxtaposition of rocks, trees, and water. Page
94, 1. 10, Gurtgenmse^ the cornices directly under the root " Mount
Vesuvius . . . rises in isolated majesty from the Campanian plain,
near the sea. The height varies according to the different elTects of
the eruptions, from 3.900 to 4,300 ft . . . The n.-e. side of the mountain is called Monte Somma. A deep sickle-shaped valley, the
Atrio del Cavallo, separates Somma from Vesuvius proper, which
consists of a cone of ashes {Kegtlberg^ L 27) with the crater in the
centre. The mountain rises from the sea at an angle of 10^, while
the cone itself has a gradient of 30^." Badeker. Page 95, L 6, an die
Kegelseite. One would rather expect here the dative, an der. The action is not that of falling upon, already expressed \iy plump ten ^ but
that of skipping "along." It would be more in accordance with Goethe's
practice to use the accusative without a preposition. Compare p. 97,
L 12, 18, 19, 28, and ed. H, u. Dor., p. 154. Page 06, 1. 19, ax-
geglichen^ reduced to a uniform appearance by the coating of ashesL

^L 22, begegnemt for geschehen, vorkommem. ^Page 9T, 1. 2, Ottajamo,
a small village on the side of the mountain away from Naples.
^1. 3, dritten Mal, The first ascent was made March 2d, before the one described in the letter just quoted. ^L 25, Damm, not
** dam,** but causeway, " embankment.*' Page 98, 1. 23, Paradies, see
p. 107. ^L 28, Ungleichheit \ one side of the fissure rising higher than
the other. Page 99, L xa, gleichgltige Empfindung, for Empfindung
der Gleichgltigkeit, L 16, Volkmanm, an acquaintance of V/inckelmann and author (1770) of a work : Historischr-kritizche Nachrichten
ber Italien, in 3 vols. The reader will observe the date of this
piece. It was composed by Goethe during a second visit in Naples,
after his return from Sicily, but is inserted here to keep up the continuity of subject. ^1. 20, nach einiger erlangter Kenntniss, a somewhat Goethean turn for nachdem ich einige Kenntnisse erlangt hatte.-"
L 26, keine unheschftigte. In Goethe's day the n of the nominative
plural adj. after keine had not become so rigorously fixed as at present Compare Wh. % 124, 2, and 127. Page 100, L 15, Calessarem^
drivers of the Calesse (in German Kalesche), a light open wagon.
1. 18, Molo, Naples has strictly no natural harbor. For the prote
ITALIENISCHE REISE. 191

doa of the shipping a breakwater {Molot from the Latin moles) was
erected in the Middle Ages. Since tjoethe's day a second one has
been built, farther out than the first, forming the navy-yard. 1. 26,
37, wetUr-noeht keinem. In connection with weniger, 1. 25. a slight
double negation. Page 101, 1. a, Santa Lucia, In Goethe's day, a
dirty street and landing-place for fishermen, to one side of the old molo.
Now a broad, handsome quay. 1. 3, Arsenalt here, "ship-yards."
1. ladder kleine Brger, in YTcacYit petit bourgeois ^ petty shopkeeper, or
man in humble circumstances. Dreifuss, The Neapolitan way oi
warming is to light a few coals in the top of a tripod and hold one's
hands over them. L 18, gesponnenen Honigs honey from which the
comb has been removed by straining. Page lOa, L 20, Patron ^ in the
sense of the Italian padrone ^ owner, master. Page 104, L i, dess-wegen^ see Pice, 1278. 1. 18, Haushlter werden^ in the sense of hauS'
halterisch werden^ being *' provident." ^1. 37, de Pauw^ a native of the
then duchy of Cloves, and a rather voluminous author. His Recherches
Phiiosophiques smr les Grees was published at Berlin, 1788. Page 105,
1. 25, lavoro. The Italian lavorare^ like the French labourer ^ has
acquired the meaning of to plough, to till. ^Page 107, 1. ^tjene SpUle,
Atella was an old Oskian town. Its popular local comedies, called
faiuUe Atellana, were acted by young townsmen in masks. Many of
the typical characters ijappear in the modem Italian commedia delC
artCt e. g., the Maccus (Arlechino), the Pappus, the scapegoat {Panta^
leone)t the Greedy Man {Brighella), the Soothsayer {Dottore). The
AtelkuuB were introduced in Rome after the Punic wars. 1. 5, Plinius,
The elder Pliny, bom 23 A. D. A scholar and soldier, under Claudius
and Vespasian. His work on Natural History is the most extensive
and valuable of the kind bequeathed to us by antiquity. It is not a
little significant that Pliny, who sang the praises of the Campania so
stoutly, should have become its victim. Mt. Vesuvius, which had
until then manifested its volcanic character only by occasional earth-
quakes, burst forth, 79 A.D., in the first recorded eraption. Pompeii,

Herculaneum, and other villages, were overwhelmed. Pliny, in comfiiand of the fleet at Misenum, ventured too near, and was suffocated
in the ashes near Castellamare. ^1. 18. ihre Arme, Referring to the
islands, evidently once promontories, of Ischia and Capri. 1. 23, Grossgriechenland; in Latin, Magna Graecia. ^Page 108, 1. 12, Linie, vis.,
of the horizon at sea. ^1. 18, ein ganzes Theater, As we leam from a
previous letter, an opera troupe, on their way from Naples to Sicily.--
192 vom.
L 19, tmeim KSmsUtr, the painter Kmep, a poor bat worthy foaag
artist, whom Goethe took with him, partly as a oompanion, partly as
an assistant in sketching. ^L 25, Aquarell. Goethe speaks of watercolors as an art little known at the time in Germany. Its rise, in act,
dates from about the middle of the eighteenth century. Page 109,
L I, wie dieses, namely, Sicily. The passage is climactic. ^1. 7, ClamU
Lorraine. Claude Gelee, of Lorraine, the most celebrated landscapepainter of his day, 1600-1683. Studied in Rome and Naples. He is
especially noted for his srial perspective and distance-effects. Î. 10,
Kleinheit der Strohdcher. Goethe is referring to a previous note,
made in Rome, Feb. 17, where he has spoken of the abundance of
scenic effects on every hand in Italy, so that the artist is safe in taking
the first view that presents itself^ and contrasted this abundance with
the meagreness of the northern landscape, where the artist must make
a regular hunt after '* thatched roofs " and mouldering castle-ruins, in
hopes of finding something picturesque enough. ^1. 22. nachzieht^ probably usetd in the sense of ^ agoing over " the lines a second time, with a
view to greater accuracy and fulness. ^1. 24, Denkmal, Refers probably to the Nausikaa^ p. Z17. ^l. 27, Rosalie. According to tradition,
a niece of one of the Norman kings of Sicily, William II., end of the
I2th century. She hid herself in a cave of the mountain, to lead there
a holy life. ^1. 28, Brydome^ Patrick. Author of Travels thro* Sicily and
Malta^ London, 1774. Pag 110,1. 3, breiter for mehr breit^V/h. $ X4X,
a. 1. 24, Christenheit^ combines here the force of both Christendom
and Christianity. The ihren, etc., L 25, 26, refer back directly to
Christenheit. ^Page 111, 1. 27, oben breit und unten spitz zulaufe*
Translate simply : ^^ wedge-shaped." Pafpe 114, 1. 12, entschiedener *
The effect of the comparative is to express concisely Goethe's observation, that the objects become "more and more" blue in the ratio of
their distance. It is customary to prefix immer. 1. ao. auf die HSha*
Not very explicit. Perhaps the tower or observatory of S. Ninfa, the
highest point of the Palazzo Reale, a large castle just back of the city.
^1. 22, Lasiren. A technical term in painting ; to overlay one color
with another transparent color. The object is to indicate distances by
tone as well as by perspective. Gestuft, graded, or shaded off. ^1. 27.
Phaaken. The land of the Phaeacians is the scene of the most beautiful portion of the Odyssey, Books V ^XIII. Ulysses, shipwrecked by
the wrath of Nepttme, is at last washed ashore among the Phaeadana.
His adventures there are |{iven, with certain modifications, in the
ITAUENISCHB RSISK. IM
g tract p. XX6-ZX9. What particular passage is meant here hy Jemm
y GsaM^t L 38, is not quite dear. Pg 115, L 4, Kornkammer, Goethe
and Kniep left Palermo to visit the ruins at Segeste. Ftom there they
proceeded to Girgenti, on the s. coast of the island. What he had
seen of Sicily so fiar, could not make it clear to Goethe how Sicily deserved the name of the granary of Italy. Hence the present trip across
the middle of the island, via Caltanisetta, to Catania. The condition
of things in the interior of the island is now not quite so primitive as
Goethe has described it. A railroad is in process of construction.
L 90, TriptoUm, Triptolemus, son of a king of Eleusis, was instructed
in agriculture by Ceres. She gave him also her chariot, drawn by
two dragons, in which vehicle he travelled over the earth distributing
grain. Î. 94, abermals. At Girgenti, where there were also no hotels,
they had succeeded in getting part of a room in a private house.
Pag 116, 1. ax, seinen Tod Nearly a year before (Aug., Z786). Bat
in such an out-of-the-way country news travelled slowly. t/tficr der
Erinnerung, Goethe intimates that this extract was not written by him
at the time, but about X8X3, while preparing the ItaUenisehe Reise,
In the posthumous edition of his works, published in x84a^ appeared
for the first time a fragment, entitied Nausikaa^ accompanied with a
sort of scenarium. These papers, which Goethe evidentiy had lost
sight of in his later years, when he began working up the ItaUenisehe
Beise^ differ in many important respects from the plan of Nausikaa
given here in the Reise itself. They probably indicate his earliest
conception of ie subject. When Goethe says, p. 1x9, 1. x8, ich schrieb
wenig oder nichts davon auf, he no longer remembered, in X8X3, how
much or what he had actually written. Pag IIT, L 6^ noch nicht
hervorgebracht (hatte). Although writing in X813, Goethe refers back
to the year of his journey, X787. This construction is necessary ; for
in X797 he produced Hermann n. Dorothea, which was decidedly Homeric in tone. Just so gegenwrtige^ etc., 1. 3, is to be rendered ^^ my
then surroundings.'* ^1. 23, Tragdie, In the Odyssey, it is not intimated that the fate of Nausikaa is tragic. No mention is made of her
after Ulysses' departure. But such an interpretation is at least possible. ^Pag 118, 1. 6, Ballspiel, Ulysses, asleep in the woods, is
awakened by Nausikaa and her maidens at play. ^1. 8, nicht. See p.
79, L 6, and note. 1. 17, Antheil, Nausikaa here reminds us somewhat of Desdemona. ^1. 19, ausser der Scene^ vis., in gymnastie contests with the Phseacians. L $x seihst in G^fahr^ AMigungim Muerr^gem
194 Kons.
etc. An annfkMi to a beantifiil Milanese lady, whose acquaintance ht

made in Castel Gandolfo. The comparison between his own adventures and those of Ulysses is very skilfully drawn. It is somewhat
surprising, however, that he has not introduced also his own narrow
escape from shipwreck on the return from Messina to Naples. Pan
il9, L 13, uberclassuch. Probably no other land in Europe has been
subjected to so many vicissitudes of conquest as Sicily. Greeks, Car
thaginians, Romans, Goths, Saracens, Normans, French, Germans,
Spaniards, and Bourbons have succeeded one another in the possession, and left behind them remains of their greatness.
WILHELM MEISTER.
This work is commonly, and very rightfully, regarded as Goethe's

greatest production in prose. But to give even the merest outline of
its general scope and structure would far exceed the limits of the
present volume. The notes will serve merely to render the extracts
intelligible in themselves and in their connection with one another.
The first conception of the work dates probably from the year. 1777.
On leaving for Italy, Goethe had already written a great part. But
after his return, he recast and enlarged these early portions, and
added much new matter. The final revision was made in 1796. Begun
originally as an embodiment of the author's views on the functions of
the theatre, it expanded until it had embraced a large part of German
CuUurUben in the eighteenth century. For the variety of its characters, the richness of its observations, the soundness of its judgments,
the work is without a rival. The reader should bear in mind that the
following extracts constitute only a fragment of the entire work. The
extract from the Italienische Reise^ relating to Nausikaa, has shown
how deeply Goethe entered into the spirit of the Homeric poems.
The criticism upon Hamlet will now afford an opportunity of estimating his capacity to sympathi2e with the great English dramatist.
The title of the work is based upon the now almost extinct system ot
apprenticeship in Germany. The time passed by the young apprentice in learning his trade is called his Lehrjahre, Wilhelm's ofiBce is
to exercise his talents in various directions, obtain a knowledge of the
world, and fit himself for usefulness in society. At the end of his pro*
WILHELM ME^ST&S. 195

bation he receives from the secret society, zplaicied in th<! notf
to p. 158, his certificate, caUed the Lehrhrief. But. like otlêr young
apprentices, he is not yet Meister, He must first pass several
more years in travel in foreign countries. This sequel, entitled
the Wanderjahre, was not published entire until t?^, three year
before Goethe's death. The connection between it and the Lehr^
fahre is very slight, and the worlc gives evidence of the decline of
Goethe's powers.
1.
Wilhelm, the nominal hero, has had an unfortunate loveaffidr,
which is narrated at length. Thrown into a violent fever, he barely
recovers. Several years elapse, at the end of which he is sent out by
his father, a well-to-do merchant, on a business journey. As a boy he
was passionately devoted to the stage, and his youthful love was an
actress. But the disastrous issue of the affair disgusted him with the
stage and everything relating to it. Nevertheless, on this journey he
is thrown in with a party of strolling actors, some of whom will be
subsequently introduced, and is led by force of circumstances to keep
company with them. They succeed in obtaining an engagement at
the castle of a certain Count , and William, yielding to his natural
disposition for adventure, accompanies them thither. Prince , on hit
way to take part in one of the petty campaigns so common in Germany in those days, arrives with troops and a numerous staff of young
officers. The castle becomes the scene of great festivities. Jamo is
a major on the Prince's staff. Pa|p 190, 1. 6, fasste, probably best
rendered by " detained." L 23, fein /hltnden Franzosen. Not, "a
Frenchman of fine feeUngs." Fein is used in the sense of the French
n, i. e., ** keenly, acutely." Pafpe 191, 1. 16, unbekannt warden.

This dropping of the ^ is a provincialism to which Goethe is occasionally given ; see H, u. Dor,, V. 46, kommen. Besides, in this phrase iekannt retahis somewhat of the force of a participle, whereas bekannter,
L 15, is a mere adjective. We may consider Wilhelm as saying : I
have been "estranged " from the stage. 1. 37, Ihrer alten Wohnung.
Wilhelm did not share the apartmen s assigned to the actors, but preferred to live by himself, in an old deserted house. ^L 99, 50, Affen,
Hunde. A sarcastic allusion to Wilhelm's well-meant efforts to assist
the actors with his advice. Page ns, 1. 13, so wre es um einmal unit
^ ;m
NOTSS.
erdm gekoMt "he wonld get off with a nMie daddng." Compai
2.
Between this passage and the preceding are two chapters hi the
original. Hence the slight repetition in the first line, necessary to
resume in the original the connection. Note should be taken of the
skilful way in which Wilhelm 's interest in the theatre is gradually re
vived. His first acquaintance with Shakespeare fills him with such
enthusiasm that he is even , ready to make essay himself in the
dramatic art. Goethe gives us here a glimpse into the workings ol
his own youthful imagination at Strasbourg. ^Pan 194, 1. 2a, G^
seschafl. Again the actors.
8.
The coihpany at the castle breaks up, the Count and Prince depart
and the actors are once more turned adrift. Wilhelm, partly from
habit, partly for want of something better, still keeps with them.
Melina is the director of the troupe. Page IAS, 1. la, die schnem
Dukaten, Presented by the Countess on leaving, as a reward for his
exertions in aiding the castle festivities. ^1. 15, den 'SeiMtgen^ viz., his
femy at home. ^1. 19, Prinzen^ Prince Hal, afterwards Henry V.
Page 136, 1. 6, Binde, The old-fashioned stiff and high '* stock,*' in
distinction firom the easy "tie." Halstuch (1. 9). Marianne ^ his early
love. ^Pag 1J8T, 1. 7, man^ 1. 8, sie. The actors. They say that
there is no occasion for ** gratitude." They earned all they got at the
castle. ^1. 22, Beiwesen der Menschheit^ superfluities of life. As Voltaire has pithily observed, le superflu^ c*est le vrai nicessaire, ^1. 27,
ussere Vorzge^ Compare p. 28, 1. 15. ^Page 1J88, 1. 3, grosse
Welt, The German Welt is often used in the sense of the French
monde, "people." Grosse Weltt aristocratic circles. ^1. 21, Mignon,
A poor deserted child, the most original creation in the book. Wilhelm has rescued her firom cruel treatment, and adopted her. ^Page
1S9, 1. 8, kleiden ihn. This verb, in the sense of '* to fit, become," as
here, usually governs the dative of the person; in the sense of " to
clothe, cover," the accusative. The distinction is sharply expressed
bi the epigram:
Tief anêidmittenes Kleid veriangst du m tragen?

Es kleidet dir, to lagst kokett du mit Behagen.
Dass at dich Uddet, wird gewiss dir keiner 1
WILHELM MEISTER. 191

* Pafpe 130, 1. 13, gut aufgenommen Referring to their temporary eugagement at the Count's castle. Î. i5,/r^mî9t'n(^(r, things foreign
to the vocation of acting. The underlying sense is: We are not
attending to our business. ^L 23, Symphonie, Used in these passages
of the Meister in the sense of overture, musical prelude. Pag 131,
L 5. Probireut in the technical sense of rehearsing. Also Probt, 1. 20.
Page 139, 1. II, eine gesellige Bearbeitung obwalten lassen, A rather
abstruse phrase. The sense is : They agreed to make this joint
practice a prominent object hereafter. 1. 15, die republicanische Form,
etc. An indication of the prevalence of Montesquieu's theories at
that time. Page 133, 1. 7. The following extract is, in the original,
continuous with the precedyig. Page 134, 1. 6, selbst. The strict
grammatical construction would be : auf mich selbst. ^Page 135, 1. 6, 7.
From this point on Goethe adopts frequently the phraseology of Shakespeare, slightly paraphrasing it. The reader must therefore consult
carefully his Hamlet. L 10, original^ used in the sense of native,
spontaneous. ^1. 34, Laune^ Herx, denote the difference between temporary mood, the result of circumstances, and innate abiding disposition.- 1. 35, besorgte anxious that everything should be ri^t.
4Several chapters full of incidents intervene. The actors are attacked
by a band of marauders and robbed of their effects. Wilhelm himself
receives a slight sabre-cut in the head. He sends the actors to the
neighboring capital, and gives them letters of recommendation to the
director of the principal theatre, Serlo, an old acquaintance of his.
He himself follows as soon as his wound is healed. ^Page 130, 1. si,
wohl. Not to be connected with aufgenommen^ but serves to qualify
schwerlich. Contrast the gut aufgenommen, p. 130, 1. 11, is. ^Page
13T, 1. S2, Ophelien, An allusion to Aurelia, whose lover has been
faithless. ^Page 130, 1. si, stehen-bei, in the sense of the French assister , to be present. But the French do not say, assister quelquun,
5Several chapters intervene, in which the lives and characters of
Serlo and his sister are depicted in detaiL Wilhelm attends to the
business matters, for which he had been originally commissioned bv
his father. Finding that everything is in good order, and that the
fiunily at home do not seem to miss him, he g^ves himself up completely to the enjoyment of the theatre, and finally consents to join
198 iiOTs&
Serlo's troape, under an assumed name, and to take the part of Ham-
let. Pag 149, L 19-ai. The best commentary on this entire passage
has been furnished by Goethe himself, in Faust I., Vorspiel auf dem
Theater, Pag 144, L 5, m briges, enough and to spare. ^1. 15.
Uriasbrief, Allusion to a Sam. zi. 14, 15. ^Page 146, 1. i, und der
KSui^n. Above, p. 145, 1. 17, the mother is represented as refusing
to let Hamlet depart. Here, on the contrary, she urges his departure.
The explanation is, that in the meanwhile Hamlet has slain Polonius,
and, in the interview with his mother, Act. III., sc. 4, has revealed his
knowledge of her dangerous secret.
6.
A chapter is omitted, in which Wuhelm carries out his proposed
alterations, and the several parts are distributed among the actors.
Page 146, L a6, nrr Person, Serlo intimates jestingly that a prompter, so long as he remains a prompter, is only a shadow, a voice.
Page 14T, 1. 4, Organ, This use, in the sense of Stimme, is quite
common in German. ^1. za, affectvoll. It is important to discriminate
between Effect and Affect (the Latin affectus), emotion, passion.
Page 149, 1. 17, 18, Pedant, Potterer, nicknames given to two of the
troupe. ^Page 150, 1. 13, die abgehenden Schauspieler, Some of the
older members of Serlo's troupe are soon to leave. The neue Gesell
scha, which is about to make its dbut as a troupe in Hamlet, is composed of those who remain, and of some of Melina's troupe, whom
Serlo has at last seen fit to engage. ^Page 1B3, L 19, nur aufgehalten
werden. The nur serves merely to heighten the contrast between the
passive voice and the active, aufhalten, in the preceding sentence.
1. 90, leidend, not " suiTering,'* but rather '* passive." Page 154, 1. 19.
Leseprobe, a first rehearsal, in which the actors read their parts from
their books. ^Pag 155 L 3, Hauptprobe, the dress-rehearsal just before the actual play.
7.
Again an omission of two chapters, which treat of the decoration5,
rehearsals, and other final arrangements. Page 150, 1. 17, Maske,
Here, not " mask," but " costume." ^L 19, beriefen, took to task. A
not very common use of the verb, although it occurs several times in
Goethe's works. ^1. aa, Symphonic, see p. 130, 1. 33. Page 15T, 1. 8,
Gastrolle, A person, not a regular member of the troupe, who takes
a character in a play, is called Coii, The Gast is usually, of course
WILHELM MEISTER. 199

A menber of some other troupe. To go about from theatre to tbeatrt
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** questionable " by wrdigt can scarcely be called nahe am das Origin
mal halten. We learn elsewhere that Wilhelm used the prose transla*
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Schlegel and Tieck.
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briefly as follows. The eighteenth century was the age by eminence of
secret societies, political and otherwise, in France and Germany.
These societies were patterned more or less after the Free Masons.
Goethe himself was a member of the Jena lodge. A society of this
nature figures prominently in the latter part of the Meister, Jarno is
a member. Becoming interested in Wilhelm, they watch his move-
ments closely. One of them is an acquaintance of Serlo's and attends

the rehearsals. They thus learn that there is a want of some one to
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