Note 25 — Section 98. THE LOST CHILD FOUND[1]. I.
Reading edition
[1] Das wiedergefundene Kind.
[2] to be lost, sich verirren.
[3] to come on, heran´rücken.
[4] in — child = to seek the missed child.
[5] The — evening = Till 9 o’clock in the evening (abends) their endeavours had remained without success (erfolglos). Remember that the verbs sein, werden, and bleiben are conjugated with the auxiliary sein.
[6] ziehen.
[7] Form a compound noun by combining the corresponding German terms of the nouns ‘fire’ and ‘cry’ (S. 36, N. 7, A).
[8] it — ascertained, Es stellte sich jedoch heraus.
[9] that — alarm = that the alarm was not caused through fire.
[10] ertönen.
[11] more solemn = still more dreadful.
[12] tidings = message.
[13] Use the p. p. of the verb vermissen. See S. 7, N. 3, A.
[14] Say ‘shared the sorrow’ (Kummer, m., which is only used in the Sing.).
[15] angsterfüllt.
[16] Scharen.
[17] of the people = of country-people.
[18] to be situated, liegen.
[19] to — search, um mit suchen zu helfen.
[20] ‘to be hushed’, here = to rest.
[21] Say ‘The women’.
[22] to walk the streets, auf den Straßen umher´gehen.
[23] teilnehmend.
[24] Es war nur ein Gedanke, der alle erfüllte.
[25] aus.