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Der Bamberger Scharfrichter hatte Aloysius zu absolutem Stillschweigen verdonnert, was dem ohnehin maulfaulen Henkersknecht nicht sonderlich schwerfiel.
The Bamberg executioner had sworn Aloysius to absolute silence, which was not particularly difficult for the uncommunicative servant.
Starbuck half Sergeant Daniel Medlicott, einem verdrießlichen, maulfaulen Kerl und von Beruf Müller, eines der Pulverfässer den steilen Abhang hinunterzuschaffen.
Starbuck helped Sergeant Daniel Medlicott, a morose and uncommunicative man who was a miller by trade, maneuver a barrel of black powder down the steep slope.
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