 In the first part of the trilogy , Knopp is depressed and will look for a wife . He visits his old friends and their wives who he finds in unenviable relationships . Still not convinced that the life of a bachelor is one for him , he returns home , and without further ado proposes to his housekeeper . The following marriage proposal is , according to Busch biographer Joseph Kraus , one of the shortest in the history of German literature : 
 In the first part of the trilogy , Knopp <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>depressed and will look for a wife . He <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>visits</mark></a> his old friends and their wives <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a>he <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>finds</mark></a> in unenviable relationships . Still not convinced that the life of a bachelor is one for him , he <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>returns</mark></a> home , and without further ado <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>proposes</mark></a> to his housekeeper . The following marriage proposal is , according to Busch biographer Joseph Kraus , one of the shortest in the history of German literature : 
In da first part of the trilogy , Knopp depressed and gon look for a wife . He visit his old friends and their wives he find in unenviable relationships . Still not convinced that the life of a bachelor is one for him , he return home , and w/o further ado propose to his housekeeper . The following marriage proposal is , according to Busch biographer Joseph Kraus , one of the shortest in tdahistory of German literature :