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I wrote on a scrap of paper " bon jour ! " showed it to 

 her for a moment and then removed it, saying : " now 

 rap what you have read ! " And she rapped : " bon 

 Jur ! " Having only missed out the " o " ; the word 

 had not been spoken, so that I had naturally thought 

 to see the " o " among the other letters. 



2 June : Lola was to write a letter to a lady whose 

 daughter had been staying with me on a visit. The dog 

 was much attached to this young lady, and had fre- 

 quently worked with her; She began her letter with 

 all sorts of nonsense so that at length I said : " First 

 rap ' dear ' and then tell her about the biscuits you 

 had from Irene." 



The letter : " Dear, certainly Irene is very nice to 

 me "... then " were "... " What's the meaning 

 of that ? " I interrupted, but Lola lay down and said 

 " Zu we ! " (= too indisposed.) 



3 June : " Will you work now ? " " No we ! " 

 " Where have you a pain ? " " O sag ! " " What am 

 I to say ? " " Oh seh ! " " But what am I to see ? " 

 " Ich ! " " I am to look and see where you have a 

 pain ? " " Yes, yes ! " But these " pains " seemed 

 to have been called forth by laziness and possibly 

 some slight fatigue. 



15 June : A lady has come to stay with me for a 

 few days and I said to Lola : " Why do you like 

 Fraulien Grethe ? " " Ich is zu artig." (This is 

 indistinct but probably meant she is kind to me.) 

 Presumably she could think of nothing else to 

 say. 



25 June : Lola had been brought indoors away 

 from her young family, and I said : " Is there anything 

 you would like to have in the stable, now think ? " 

 " wenig uzi ! " " What is uzi ? do you mean 

 music?" Answer. "Lid" (= lied.) "What is 



