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Of all the highland villages, Ober Ammergau by means of a strictly enforced quarantine alone kept, for a while, the black foe at bay. No soul was allowed to leave the village; no living thing to enter it. OF ALL THE HIGHLAND VILLAGES OBER AMMERGAU BY MEANS OF A STRICTLY ENFORCED QUARANTINE ALONE KEPT FOR A WHILE THE BLACK FOE AT BAY NO SOUL WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE VILLAGE NO LIVING THING TO ENTER IT
dgeting about and muttering worse than ever. It seems to me they are listening at the door (our room and theirs are connected by a door); I do wish that they would either get into bed again or else go downstairs. They worry me. "And what shall I say after I have said all that?" I ask B. when at last he has started his pipe again. "Oh! well, after that," he replies, "you can give the history of the Passion Play; how it came to be played." "Oh, but so many people have done that already," I say again. "So much the better for you," is his reply. Having previously heard precisely the same story from half a dozen other sources, the public will be tempted to believe you when you repeat the account. Tell them that during the thirty year's war a terrible plague (as if half a dozen different armies, marching up and down their country, fighting each other about the Lord only knows what, and living on them while doing it, was not plague enough) swept over Bavaria, devastating each town and hamlet. THE TWO LADIES IN THE NEXT ROOM FIDGETING ABOUT AND MUTTERING WORSE THAN EVER IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THEY ARE LISTENING AT THE DOOR OUR ROOM AND THEIRS ARE CONNECTED BY A DOOR I DO WISH THAT THEY WOULD EITHER GET INTO BED AGAIN OR ELSE GO DOWNSTAIRS THEY WORRY ME AND WHAT SHALL I SAY AFTER I HAVE SAID ALL THAT I ASKED B WHEN AT LAST HE HAS STARTED HIS PIPE AGAIN OH WELL AFTER THAT HE REPLIES YOU CAN GIVE THE HISTORY OF THE PASSION PLAY HOW IT CAME TO BE PLAYED OH BUT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DONE THAT ALREADY I SAY AGAIN SO MUCH THE BETTER FOR YOU IS HIS REPLY HAVING PREVIOUSLY HEARD PRECISELY THE SAME STORY FROM HALF A DOZEN OTHER SOURCES THE PUBLIC WILL BE TEMPTED TO BELIEVE YOU WHEN YOU REPEAT THE ACCOUNT TELL THEM THAT DURING THE THIRTY YEARS WAR A TERRIBLE PLAGUE AS IF HALF A DOZEN DIFFERENT ARMIES MARCHING UP AND DOWN THEIR COUNTRY FIGHTING EACH OTHER ABOUT THE LORD ONLY KNOWS WHAT AND LIVING ON THEM WHILE DOING IT WAS NOT PLAGUE ENOUGH SWEPT OVER BAVARIA DEVASTATING EACH TOWN AND HAMLET
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