[97] VERSIECHT, versiegt.

[98] SCHALGRAUEM; schal, flat, insipid.

[99] FIELEN IHM EIN, occurred to him.

[100] TAUBE ERNTE; a useless crop; taub in the secondary sense designates that which lacks the most essential.

[101] HALBGESTORBENE; note the difference between this and halbtote.

[102] LOHNTE, bezahlte. The pay of a messenger is called Botenlohn.