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had held out the palms of her hands to the dog.] 

 " And anything more ? " " Ja traurig " ( = yes 

 sad.) And I found later that this had been the true 

 state of Betty's feelings at the time. 



Lola was bright and fresh and this encouraged me to 

 continue : 



"What does Magda .smell like?" " Afe." "Is 

 that right ? " " No a f." " And what more ? " 

 "geregt" " afgeregt ? Isn't one letter wrong ? " 

 " Yes." " Which ? " " i " (the first). " Then 

 what should it be ? " " Au." " Then you mean 

 auf geregt ? " (excited) " Yes I " 



6 October. " Lola, do I smell different to-day ? " 

 " Yes strong " " Yes ! go on ? " " O w e." 

 "We?"(weh=pain). "Like pain?" "No." "You 

 meant like the exclamation ' O weh ' ? " " Yes ! " 

 " But what do I smell of ? " "Of surogat " ( 1 ) The 

 use of this word by Lola seemed to be abnormal and 

 mysterious, so I said " I am sure you have never heard 

 that word from me ! " and she replied " No I " " Tell 

 me the name of the surogat ? " " I " (which stands 

 for " I will not tell ! ") " Tell me ! for you know the 

 word for it ! " I insisted. " Yes ! " " Please tell 

 me ? " " i " " I will not be angry," I pleaded, " I 

 will give you a biscuit." But Lola returned again a 

 reluctant " i." " What is this i to mean, Lola is it 

 yes or no ? " " 4 " ( =* mittel). She would not look 

 at me and while seemingly desirous of " insinuating " 

 something, was yet not quite ready to make a frank 

 acknowledgment of the implication. " Lola, tell 

 me ! " I exclaimed, and she rapped " Luigen." 

 "Lugen?" (lying) " Ja nein." " Lola 1 I won't 

 be angry ; do I smell of lies ? " " Yes." " Here at 

 home ? " " Minchen." (Miinchen = Munich.) And 

 then it suddenly dawned on me ; an hour earlier I 



