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Hanneman
Hello, Miss Dorothea. There is something I would like to ask you, should you have a moment.
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Hello, Miss Dorothea. There is something I would like to ask you, should you have a moment.
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Hanneman
You remember when you came to me before, and we talked about how I used to be noble?
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You remember when you came to me before, and we talked about how I used to be noble?
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Dorothea
You're not that kind of man, Professor. I mean that, really. And it sounds like you never were.
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You're not that kind of man, Professor. I mean that, really. And it sounds like you never were.
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Hanneman
You must have had some terrible experience in the past. Ah... My apologies. That was rather presumptuous.
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You must have had some terrible experience in the past. Ah... My apologies. That was rather presumptuous.
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Dorothea
No, it's fine. As I'm sure you know, I was a highly praised songstress for a time...
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No, it's fine. As I'm sure you know, I was a highly praised songstress for a time...
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Dorothea
Before I was a singer though, I was an orphan. And before that I was the daughter of a noble's maid.
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Before I was a singer though, I was an orphan. And before that I was the daughter of a noble's maid.
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Hanneman
My goodness... From an orphan to a renowned songstress. That is quite a life you have led, Miss Dorothea.
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My goodness... From an orphan to a renowned songstress. That is quite a life you have led, Miss Dorothea.
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Dorothea
My father was never there, and my mother was driven out of the noble house where she worked. Before long, she fell ill...
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My father was never there, and my mother was driven out of the noble house where she worked. Before long, she fell ill...
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Dorothea
I was always alone, and I lived in the alleys of the Imperial capital, just trying to survive from one day to the next.
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I was always alone, and I lived in the alleys of the Imperial capital, just trying to survive from one day to the next.
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Dorothea
Eventually, after I became a singer... I met the nobleman that I think is my father.
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Eventually, after I became a singer... I met the nobleman that I think is my father.
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Dorothea
So he threw them both away. Those were his very words. I can't prove that he really was my father, but... I suppose it doesn't matter.
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So he threw them both away. Those were his very words. I can't prove that he really was my father, but... I suppose it doesn't matter.
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Dorothea
He didn't know who I was, and when he flirted with me, my feelings were something beyond fury. I was dumbfounded.
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He didn't know who I was, and when he flirted with me, my feelings were something beyond fury. I was dumbfounded.
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Dorothea
In truth, I felt that way about all of the nobles who flocked around me, yet would just as easily have tossed me away should it better suit them.
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In truth, I felt that way about all of the nobles who flocked around me, yet would just as easily have tossed me away should it better suit them.
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Hanneman
You have my most heartfelt of apologies, Dorothea. I am afraid my curiosity has opened old wounds.
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You have my most heartfelt of apologies, Dorothea. I am afraid my curiosity has opened old wounds.