Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years
Translated by Thomas Carlyle
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CHAPTER I.
THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.
Wilhelm was sitting under the shadow of a huge crag, on a shaggy, impressive spot, where the steep mountain path turned abruptly round a corner, down into the chasm. The sun was still high, and brightening the tops of the pine-trees in the clefts at his feet. He was looking at something in his note-book, when Felix, who had been clambering about, came to him with a stone in his hand. “What is the name of this stone, father?” said the boy.
“I know not,” answered Wilhelm.
“Can this be gold that glitters in it so?” said Felix.
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