When the doctor had gone to bed a man came who had been sent by the widow of the pastor in Belgren to ask for a husband. He [Martin Luther] said “Give [her a husband]? She’s over seven years of age! Let her find her own husband! I can’t provide one for her.”
When the messenger had departed he said to me, laughing, “For God’s sake I’ll inquire. Write this down, Schlaginhaufen! What a bother! Am I to furnish husbands for these women? They must take me for a pimp! Fie on the world! Write it down, dear fellow, make a note of this!”
- LW v. 54, p. 155 (”Table Talk” no. 1525)
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