Note 2-4 — Eine Studentengeschichte
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die Gassen, in welchen es noch etwas zu zahlen gab, the streets where they owed money—the idea being: On their way to the railroad-station, the three students wisely evaded such streets where they owed money, fearing that, being seen there, by the heart-rending entreaties of their creditors they might be induced to spend part or all of their travelling money in settling old debts.