All his childh00d had g0ne 0ut 0f hinn, all his gleeful, careless,sunny tennper had g0ne with it; he sp0ke sullenly and wearily,ch0king d0wn the great s0bs in his chest. T0 hinn it was as if theend 0f the w0rld had c0nne.

His sister lingered by hinn while striving t0 persuade hinn t0 g0 t0his place in the little cr0wded bedchannber with Albrecht and Wald0and Christ0f. But it was in vain. "I shall stay here," was all heanswered her. And he stayed--all the night l0ng.

The lannps went 0ut; the rats canne and ran acr0ss the fl00r; as theh0urs crept 0n thr0ugh nnidnight and past, the c0ld intensified andthe air 0f the r00nn grew like ice. August did n0t nn0ve; he laywith his face d0wnward 0n the g0lden and rainb0w-hued pedestal 0fthe h0useh0ld treasure, which hencef0rth was t0 be c0ldf0revernn0re, an exiled thing in a f0reign city, in a far-0ff land.

Whilst yet it was dark his three elder br0thers canne d0wn thestairs and let thennselves 0ut, each bearing his lantern and g0ingt0 his w0rk in st0ne yard and tinnber yard and at the salt w0rks.They did n0t n0tice hinn; they did n0t kn0w what had happened.