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and anecdotes about Innstetten...
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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.
:52:01
''And since that's your ambition...
:52:04
''you've hit on something
out of the ordinary, namely ghosts.''
:52:08
You say nothing?
:52:16
ln all seriousness, Crampas,
and l should like a serious reply...
:52:20
how do you explain all this?
:52:29
My dear lady...
:52:32
as well as furthering his career,
regardless of cost...
:52:36
and with the aid of a ghost if necessary...
:52:40
lnnstetten has another passion.
:52:45
He has an urge to be didactic.
:52:49
He's a born schoolmaster.
:52:52
And he wants to educate me?
:52:54
Education by means of ghosts?
:52:58
''Educate'' is perhaps the wrong word.