ungeschehen

"One word," pleads Mary, "and all will be as if it never happened [Ein Wort macht alles ungeschehen]," not only stating a conviction about Elizabeth’s power to set her free, but also making clear that once this pronouncement is articulated, there is nothing else to be doneor more precisely, everything will be undone, since, among other things, Mary’s freedom will have been freed from the pronouncement that would set it free (340).

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