Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781). Minna von Barnhelm. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Act V
Scene II
MAJOR VON TELLHEIM
Maj. T. How do I feel!… My whole soul has acquired a new impulse. My own unhappiness bowed me to the ground; made me fretful, short-sighted, shy, careless: her unhappiness raises me. I see clearly again, and feel myself ready and capable of undertaking anything for her sake. Why do I tarry? (Is going towards MINNA’S room, when FRANZISKA comes out of it.)
