:50:00
No.
:50:01
And l don't want to.
:50:03
l don't want to exculpate anyone.
:50:05
But you, Crampas...
:50:07
you have learned discipline...
:50:09
and know very well
that law and order are vital.
:50:12
A man like you
really shouldn't talk like that...
:50:16
not even in jest.
:50:17
You have a sublime disregard
for these things.
:50:20
''lt won't be the end of the world,'' you think.
:50:23
Not yet, perhaps...
:50:25
but one day it will be.
:50:37
The eIection campaign,
which began in October...
:50:40
prevented Innstetten taking part
in further excursions.
:50:43
Crampas and Effi wouId have stopped, too...
:50:46
in deference to the peopIe of Kessin...
:50:48
if Kruse had not been present
as a kind of chaperone.
:50:52
As it was, they continued
their rides into November.
:50:56
A good conversationaIist...
:50:58
Crampas wouId teII stories
about war and his regiment...
:51:01
and anecdotes about Innstetten...
:51:04
who, with his earnestness and reserve...
:51:07
had never fitted into
the spirited circIe of his comrades...
:51:11
so that he had been respected
rather than heId in affection.
:51:22
lt's just as well, respect is the main thing.
:51:25
He loved to tell us ghost stories.
:51:29
And when he had got us all excited,
and had scared some people perhaps...
:51:34
suddenly, it would seem as if he were
just making fun of our credulity.
:51:39
Once l told him to his face...
:51:43
''lnnstetten, that's a load of poppycock!
:51:46
''You don't believe it any more than we do...
:51:49
''but you want to make yourself interesting.
:51:52
''You think that being unusual
will help your career...
:51:56
''that ordinary people
are not wanted at the top.