Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
Image Attribution: Marcus Bloß (Public domain)
Image Attribution: Marcus Bloß (Public domain)
When the twenty-sixth of July arrived, he strongly admonished me and a corporal I had just got from the colonel to let nobody into his tent, where he lay alone and prayed without ceasing. But as it became afternoon, a cavalry lieutenant came riding up and asked for the stable master. When he came up to us, we immediately refused to admit him, but he insisted on going in.
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