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observer, at such transactions. Then all of a sudden 

 she rapped. " I without work ! " " What do you 

 want to have ? " " Haue ! " (= a beating !). I 

 thought I had misunderstood her, so repeated 

 " haue ? " " Yes 1 " " Say something else ! " 

 " Reckoning." But the fact remained that she really 

 longed for a beating not having had one for a long 

 time, for to my repeated inquiries she kept on with 

 " Yes ! " So at length to make sure, I fetched my 

 riding-whip and gave her a light flick, saying " Is 

 that what you want ? " " Yes ! " " And do you 

 want more ? " " Yes ! " she insisted, though all of a 

 tremble, and unwillingly enough I had to administer 

 one more. 



13 November : Lola had to write a letter to a lady 

 of whom she is very fond : it ran as follows " dear, 

 I have just been in the yard, I like eating biscuits, I 

 kiss you ! " (I think this letter bears the evidence of 

 being Lola's own composition !) Later in the after- 

 noon, when she was out with me, I saw a notice put up 

 saying : " Dogs are to be led on a leash " and I 

 invited her to read it, but she would only give it a 

 glance. Both on our way back, and when we got 

 home I returned to the subject, saying : " What was 

 on that notice-board ? " But she rapped " No 1 " 

 " What ? you mean to say you don't know ? " She 

 had, however, already started rapping again " ich 

 unaro . . ." " Go on ! surely the o should be a t ? " 

 (Thinking she meant unartig = naughty). " No ! " 

 " Then what should it be ? " " No." " Is it a dog's 

 word ? " " Yes ! " " Well, tell me in a way that I 

 can understand ! " " No ! " " You can't do so ? " 

 " No ! " " Say something like it ! " " Ja ! ich irre, 

 ich es ansehe morgen ! " (= yes ! I erred, I (will) 

 look at it to-morrow !) 



