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from harvesting chores,

and assigned to lighter work

in the sawmill.

Stay outside! I'm not done.

You get out!

On the same day,

I had a strange encounter.

The weather was beautiful and hot,

so I decided to improve my meager

menu with some brown trout,

which are plentiful in the river.

The Baron allowed me to fish there.

Martin!

Martin, be careful!

Are you insane?

You want to break your neck?

Hello, sir.

What's this?

Have you gone mad?

You know how high that is?

Didn't you hear me shout to you?

Yes, I did.

Well?

Well?

You saw me and wanted to impress me?

So why...

I gave God a chance to kill me.

He didn't do it.

So he's pleased with me.

What are you saying?

He doesn't want me to die.

Who doesn't want you to die?

God.

Why would God want you to die?

Promise me you won't do it again!

Look at me!

Promise it!

You don't trust me, huh?

Yes, I do, sir.

All right.

Go home. Tomorrow after your

piano lesson, I'll talk to your dad.

No, please, don't tell him!

It's there.

Careful, it's all rotten.

Who sent her up here?

No idea.

We had to collect loose ends.

She fell through.

You saw it?

Not really.

You know how it works.

The foremen assign

weaker harvesters up here.

Who assigned her?

On my way home, after

that strange encounter with Martin,

was when I first met Eva...

Hello!

Excuse me!

Sorry for accosting you.

Aren't you the new nanny

on the estate?

Why?

They say you're from Treglitz.

Who says that?

The locals.

So?

Nothing...

I don't know...

I'm the schoolteacher here.

I just thought...

When I saw you, I thought...

I'm the tailor's son from Vasendorf.

- I know.

- What?

The Baroness told me.

What?

That the teacher is

from the village next to mine.

I see, yes...

Well... I thought...

Looks as if you're going there...

Where?

Back home. To Treglitz.

Yes?

- Are you going there?

- Yes, I am.

I thought...

since you'll go through our village,

you could...

say hello to my dad,

and give him a fish?

What?

He'd love that.

Especially over the weekend.

How...?

I don't know.

Unfortunately,

I have nothing to wrap...

Neither do I.

Unfortunately...

We could tie them on

with fishing line.

Just like that, on the bike?

That's not a very good idea.

Right, it was just an idea.

Yes.

Is it your bike?

No, the estate's.

Is this your first day off?

You must be glad to go home.

I can imagine.

Well... I've still a long way to go.

Well...

Good-bye.

Good-bye.

If you see my father in Vasendorf,

say hello to him from me.

I don't know your father.

That's true.

It's my first time on a bike!

You're doing fine!

But be careful!

The woman today,

what was wrong with her?

Which woman?

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