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dear, I know the end approaches. You have with you my whole love and honor; and I ask for you the best blessings from on high. You have deserved far better than you have received; and I fear your manly heart must encounter still more determined animosity when my poor presence is withdrawn. Farewell; kiss me, dear Zawis. It is the last time”—and with these gentle words Kunigunde suddenly breathed her last.
