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JEREMIAS GOTTHELF
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ULI, THE FARMHAND
TRANSLATIONS AND SYNOPSES
BY BAYARD QUINCY MORGAN, PH.D.
Instructor in German, University of Wisconsin
CHAPTER I
A MASTER AWAKES; A SERVANT IS AROUSED
A dark night lay upon the earth; still darker was the place where a subdued voice repeatedly called, "Johannes." It was a tiny chamber in a large farmhouse; the voice came from the great bed which almost filled the further end of the room. In it lay a farmer and his wife, and to him the latter cried "Johannes" until he presently began to grumble and finally to ask, "What do you want? What is it?"