"Two," said the host, more politely. "But the old pastor is dead; meanwhile, there is a candidate here."
"Is the other pastor at home?"
"I do not know," said the landlord.
"Have you a court of justice here?"
"We have a Justice of the Peace; he is now here--court is in session to-day."
"Was there not in former times a monastery in the city?" said the Doctor, taking up the examination.
The citizen and the landlord looked at each other. "That is long since," replied the master of the inn.
"Does not the Manor of Bielstein lie in the neighborhood?" inquired Fritz.
Again the citizen and the landlord looked significantly at each other.
"It lies somewhere here in the neighborhood," answered the landlord, with reserve.