Franz Würmseer nodded enthusiastically. “The foreigners hardly pay any taxes and have more children than people like us have, and now it’s not even safe anymore to walk down the street. If we’re not careful, the foreigners will take over the town before long.” “But that’s just nonsense,” said Georg Kaiser. “They pay their tithes just like the rest of us, and still not one of them has a seat on our council, none of them has—”

