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fadr " (Vater = father) we all having expected her 

 to say Rolf. Then followed the musical tests which 

 amazed us most of all, for here she exhibited an ability 

 lacking in many an individual." 



27 April : Lola very tired : groans and does every- 

 thing wrong. I said : " Are you lazy ? " She 

 replies " no." " Then why are you answering so 

 badly ? " " go ! " " Who is to go ? " " tired ! " 



29 April : I asked Lola why she had not attended 

 to me on the 22nd, when on a country expedition we 

 had made together she had insisted on running after 

 the game when I had called her back. I had had to 

 hunt after her for ten hours the next day, finding her 

 by the merest chance at a peasant's house. She had 

 settled down there alongside of a sheep-dog to watch 

 the sheep, and seemed by no means pleased to see me ; 

 usually she is delighted ! Her reply on this occasion 

 was " Lola went in wood, also lay down and was 

 hungry." I returned to the question later in the after- 

 noon when she made the rejoinder " sought, didn't 

 find." 



30 April : Once more I returned to the incident 

 mentioned above and Lola answered " to marry a dog " 

 (the consequences of this escapade becoming appar- 

 ent, when Lola presented us with her litter of pups on 

 22 June). Then Lola added a spontaneous remark 

 on her own account for, seeing a biscuit in my hand, 

 she rapped " I to eat 1 " 



On i May little was forthcoming in the matter of 

 arithmetic with which we always began our lessons, 

 for Lola rapped : " too tired." 



