Henry Seton Merriman 
Barlasch of the Guard 

pub One.info present you this new edition. A few children had congregated on the steps of the Marienkirche at Dantzig, because the door stood open. The verger, old Peter Koch- on week days a locksmith- had told them that nothing was going to happen; had been indiscreet enough to bid them go away. So they stayed, for they were little girls.