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The Joy of Reunion -- Summer at Grumitz -- Recollections of the War -- My Husband Resolves to Quit the Service -- Education of My Little Son -- Cousin Conrad's Love Affair -- The End of the Danish War and the Conditions of Peace -- New Troubles -- I Lose My Fortune, and My Husband Is Obliged to Remain in the Service -- Lori Griesbach's Flirtation with My Husband -- Jealousy -- An April Fool.
As in the last hours of his departure our pain had expressed itself in tears and kisses more than in words, so it was in this hour of our seeing each other again. That one can become mad with joy, I plainly felt, as I held fast him whom I had believed to be lost, as sobbing and laughing and trembling with excitement, I kept clasping the dear head again between both my hands, and kissing him on the forehead and eyes and mouth, while I stammered out unmeaning words.