text: " During this examination the agitation of Magdalena had become extreme; and when upon the Ober-Amtmann's command that the ring should be handed up to him Gottlob removed it from his neck and gave it into the hands of one of the guards she cried in much excitement "No no; give it not Gottlob!" The ring however was passed on to the Ober-Amtmann; and Magdalena covering her face with her hands fell back with a stifled groan into her former crouching position