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As Landolin still remained silent, the miller felt called upon to speak.
"I can well understand that it must be hard for you to let your daughter leave your house; we found it so when our only daughter was married. My wife -- it is from her that Anton gets his ready speech -- said that when the daughter who sang as she went up and down the stairs is gone, then it seems that all the cheerfulness of the house has flown away like a bird. "