LEIPZIG
(1813)
Scene: The Master-tradesmen's Parlor at the Old Ship Inn, Casterbridge, Evening.
"OLD Norbert with the flat blue cap—
A German said to be—
Why let your pipe die on your lap,
Your eyes blink absently?"—
—"Ah!... Well, I had thought till my cheek was wet
Of my mother—her voice and mien
When she used to sing and pirouette,
And touse the tambourine
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