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Bisher hatte man ihn ein wenig auf Distanz gehalten, befreit wie er war von der Beichte und Frömmigkeitsbekundungen: Man war der Ansicht, in seinem Zustand der Konvaleszenz war er noch nicht im Vollbesitz seiner Mittel, er konnte noch Beute des Wahns werden und wider Willen die Göttlichkeit und ihre Vertreter beleidigen.
Until now people had kept him at a certain distance, since he was exempt from saying confession and demonstrating piety; it was generally assumed that in his convalescent state he was not in full possession of his faculties, and could still succumb to delirium and involuntarily offend divinity and its representatives.
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