That must be a false report which is circulating about the Baron's son.
He is said to have become dissipated. Too much wealth was awaiting him
when he came into this world. But with an illustrious name and an
abundance of money, no wonder life is full of attractions!
I used to tell my good Hermann what it meant to work for one's daily
bread. But there was one thing about him which did not please me: he
never noticed the labourer in the field, or the flowers of spring, or
the leaves of autumn.
Still, Hermann, thou canst not go very far astray. By thy side stands
the holiest, truest guardian angel ever born in heaven or on earth.
Ah, if thou wouldst only come into our beautiful, silent forest!