Vater .’ They work like oxen, and amass wealth like Jews. Suppose the ‘ Vater ’ has put by a certain number of gülden which he hands over to his eldest son, in order that the said son may acquire a trade or a small plot of land. Well, one result is to deprive the daughter of a dowry, and so leave her among the unwedded. For the same reason, the parents will have to sell the younger son into bondage or the ranks of the army, in order that he may earn more towards the family capital. Yes, such things are done, for I have been making inquiries on the subject. It is all done out of sheer rectitude⁠—out of a rectitude which is magnified to the point of the younger son believing that he has been rightly