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Oh, no, no!—I cannot hear this—tell me aloud, command me with the voice of thunder, compel me with words that will drown everything else in my ears—do not let me off so easily, so mildly!

I shall leave you free, but why should I let you break away from me?

You will not let me? Well then, I must go!

Go then!

Then I am not to blame at all. You could have held me back by force, but you did not! You have not hindered me—and now I shall go