"Well, then you will leave your money in the estate; but there are other debts which must be paid; there are Pomuchelskopp's eight thousand thalers."
"I know it," said Moses to himself.
"Then there the debts owing to tradesmen and mechanics, which have not been paid for a year; and the people's wages must be paid and repairs attended to; it will take about six thousand thalers."
"I know it," said Moses.
"Then there is a note for thirteen thousand thalers, in Schwerin, which must be paid immediately."
"Good heavens!" exclaimed Moses, "I did not know a word of it."
"Yes, and then," continued Habermann, without noticing this remark, "we must have two or three thousand thalers over, to carry on the estate properly."
"Let me go! It is a bad business, a very bad business!" cried Moses, making a motion as if he would rise from the sofa.
"Hold on, Moses! I have not done yet."
"Let me go! Let me go! I am an old man, I cannot involve myself in such a business," and with that he rose to his feet, and made preparations to go.