The letter that you wrote me
excited me to an extraordinary degree.--That is a matter of temperament,
to be sure. The slumbers of my predecessor would scarcely have been
disturbed.--As far as I am concerned I have made up my mind, so to speak,
to go the whole way.--It is my function here to make careful tests and to
exterminate undesirable elements.--Under the protection of my honourable
predecessor the sphere of our activity has become a receptacle for refuse
of various kinds: lives that cannot bear the light--outlawed individuals,
enemies of royalty and of the realm. These people must be made to
suffer.--As for yourself, Mr. Motes, you are an author?
MOTES
I write on subjects connected with forestry and game.
WEHRHAHN
In the appropriate technical journals, I take it. _A propos_: do you
manage to make a living that way?
MOTES
If one is well known, it can be done. I may gratefully say that I earn an
excellent competency.
WEHRHAHN
So you are a forester by profession?
MOTES
I studied at the academy, your honour, and pursued my studies in
Eberswalde. Shortly before the final examinations I met with this
misfortune....
WEHRHAHN
Ah, yes; I see you wear a bandage.
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