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We, you see, haven't yet come quite so far.

[The end.]

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You should see me from the back!" -

And he ripped himself violently from the nail
And struck the suitor right in the chest!

And, out of spite, he hit him again in the gut,
And then left the suitor with a dedication:
"In remembrance of your blessed-spent hours!"

And mere moments after he'd injured the terrified suitor
The lieutenant too jumped down in a flash
And, likewise, turned himself around.

And there stood in clear writing: "Dear schnookums,
I kiss you on the ear! - Your True Mitz! - "

With that, Miss Mitzi screamed "The horror!"
And ran out of the room, ashamed.

So too had the suitor dissapeared -
On account of the "blessed-spent hours."

The lieutenant and the banker, however,
laid satisfied on the settee.
And they cried: "We should be friends,
Because, so long as we like,
Both the 2 and 3 dimensional worlds belong to us two,
and we won't let any third in -
Yes!" they both yelled, "so it should be!" -

And the lieutenant threw his arms around the banker's neck,
And the banker the same to the lieutenant.

That is - only the pictures.

In reality -

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He was a young editor,
He said: "My angel, I love you so much,
And were you my woman, I would be so happy.
But say, who are those two men?"

"Oh, that," said the girl, "they're just relatives,
The lieutenant above there, that's my cousin,
A good man, but a cretin,
And the fat one, he's my aunt's husband,
A sugar daddy, rich and really quite old
And shaky. - Hopefully he dies soon!" -

Then the suitor clapped his hands together:
"You seem to come out of a good family,
A banker and a lieutenant - how sad! I hate
the members of this favored class!
I, however, will love you just out of pure love,
And if you're a good girl,
You'll be mine today!"

With that, the pictures cried: "That bastard!"

And the lieutenant yelled: "Sir Banker,
I think he's a social democrat!" -

And the fat banker spoke:
"Sir Lieutenant, it seems to me
That this devil is a dirty fiend!"

"Yeah," said the lieutenant, "it's him we should be fighting!"

"Indeed," said the fat banker, "with pleasure!
And if I appear shaky to you from the back, well then, -

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"Oh," said the banker, "don't be so dumb,
The young miss knows exactly why.
We pay for her rent, shoemaker, and tailor,
It's from us that she has stockings, petticoats, and clothes
And an automobile for ten thousand gulden -
But from you - and I quote - she has 'nothing but debt!'"

"My God!" bellowed the lieutenant, "scandal!
I'll let my original know!
And when he hears that - upon my soul -
He'll confront her and shoot her dead!"

"What?" cried the banker with a livid look,
"What are you going to do, send us an invoice?!
Just be amicable and quiet down,
Or we'll send you a bill,
And it'll amount to twenty million!"

With that, the lieutenant was silent.

And suddenly the banker hushed too.

Then under, on the settee
Sat the sweet Miss Mitzi
with a brand new lover.

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In what company I find myself here!
A fat banker with no hair and a paunch!
And she betrays us with you, too.
Just what does she see in a commerce minister?!
My master is a squire and a soldier!
Yes, I'm sadly just his copy -
But -- I disdain you!

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And the fat banker spoke: "Oh, misery and horror,
I can't endure this view much longer,
When I see how my master's wife, that shrew, lies
and cheats with your master daily!
And I hang idly by and burst with pain -
And right over the settee!"

And the lieutenant spoke: "Oh, scandal and sin,

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The Revenge of the Photographs

They hung together on a wall:
The fat banker and the lieutenant -
In a frame over the settee
of Miss Mitzi vom Variété.

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"In the end, you're much stronger than I!
Chin up! You'll surely attain your goal.
You will demolish me! You will triumph!
Just don't lose your guts now!" --
And Satan, beguiled by the siren,
Sprang to his feet in an instant.
"Human," he cried, "did you hear that?
I'm going to vanquish her! She said it herself!
Well now!" he cried, pale with excitement,
"Well now! That's something, at the least!
Well now!" he cried, cheering wildly -- "So!
Here we go again from the top!!!" --

[End of Chapter 4: The Flight.]

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And then he disappeared with her into the bushes.

The Jew received a gold pass,
That allowed him a two-day entrance into Russia -
Only once per year, and revocable --
And he spoke merrily: "Satan, good sir,
it's actually very beautiful here on earth,
In the end, I'm rightly satisfied
with the result of our travels in the air --

And concerning the meaning of life --
We shouldn't always speak so often of it!
We simply can't know!" he yelled anxiously:
"Maybe someone went into the box once
And that someone - pulled it out!" --

And he swung his pass happily
And toddled off.

But Satan
Threw himself to the ground and lashed at the stars:
"Now I know," he yelled, "how this world
holds itself together with its squeaky hinges,

It's Hope, that harlot!

And she is unvanquishable on the earth
And forever, as the world turns --
I admit my defeat! I give up!
I'll become a pious hermit!"

And he closed his eyes -- a deadly tired man.

Then Hope floated in quietly
And softly stroked his feverish cheeks:
"Poor friend," she said, consolatory and motherly,