138 LOLA 



" Zu wenig has who ? " (= too little hare) " Ich, o 

 we! " (= I, oh alas! ") 



18 November : To-day she started to rap nothing 

 but nonsense ; but in time it became more distinct, 

 and ended up with " ich zalen I" (=! (wish to) 

 count). I asked her if this was a fact and she 

 promptly said " No ! " She then kept on making her 

 usual sign that she wanted to go down into the yard, 

 so I let her out, but soon she ran up again quite briskly, 

 and at once rapped out clearly and distinctly. 

 " Warum ich und sie so rau geartet ? " "Is this what 

 you mean ? " " Yes ! " " And who is si meant 

 for?" "Heni!" "What?" I exclaimed, "You 

 are suddenly addressing me as sie ? I " * " Yes ! " 

 " But Lola ! that is what we only say to people 

 we don't know well ! you have always called 

 me du because you were fond of me isn't that so ? 

 are you saying sie intentionally now ? " " Yes 1 " 

 " Yes ? but why ? " " Because strange 1 " " How 

 strange ?/' " Yes 1 " " Was : warum ich und sie 

 so rau reartet ( = why are I and you so roughly consti- 

 tuted ?) the end of the sentence you began before ? " 

 "No." N.B. In this manner did she wish to lodge 

 her complaint, so to speak, against me for not always 

 understanding her when she prefers to try and " rub 

 in " the meaning of her faulty spelling, by gazing at 

 me in her " intent " fashion indeed, I had always 

 sensed her annoyance at times when she had not been 

 able to gain her ends in this way 1 In simple matters, 

 such as " wish to eat," or " go out," I could of course, 

 guess her desires, but she was of opinion that I ought 

 to be more " understanding " still and this is diffi- 

 cult I 



1 Sie = you is the more formal mode of address, as opposed to 

 the familiar " du " " thou." 



