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ness ! " She remarked and here I really felt that 

 there was little that I must needs explain for I am not 

 conscious of meriting her reproach on this score. 



11 January : " Tell me something, Lola ! " I pleaded. 

 " Mistake to go out so little," she observed. Here she 

 was emphatically in the right ! She had not been out 

 much lately, for it had been very wet and she needs 

 plenty of exercise. In the evening I invited her to 

 " say something more." " o we gwelen 1 " " What 

 worries you ? " "ere nehemen I " (= taking honour !) 

 " Taking honour about what ? " " eid ! " (So the 

 old story has not yet faded from her memory). 



12 January : " Well, now you've told me ever so 

 much that you can't understand about me ! But 

 is there anything more ? " " Zeig audawer (Aus- 

 dauer) in libe zu mir 1 " " Ausdawer ? Isn't there 

 a letter wrong ? " " Yes, 4 " ; " What should it 

 be ? " " Au ! " So the sentence ran, " Zeig Aus- 

 dauer in Liebe zu mir 1 " (= show constancy in your 

 love for me !) Yes, indeed I will, you dear beast ! 



