Chapter XXI

1. I am doing this of my own free will. 2. Now is the time to show your colors. 3. I can not bring myself to put the old dog out of the way. 4. Let us think no more of it. 5. Well, what strange things can happen in this world! 6. We all had a narrow escape. 7. That comes in just right. 8. I am quite agreeable that you should try other means. 9. What has become of my hat? 10. I have lost track of him. 11. A good beginning is half the battle. 12. He sticks to me like a burr.

1. frei. 2. gelten, Farbe. 3. Herz, schaffen. 4. schlagen. 5. nein. 6. knapp. 7. treffen. 8. recht, einschlagen. 9. hinkommen. 10. kommen. 11. frisch. 12. Hals.