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about neon that ?rau Schneider wis lookins pretty tired. We had 
had a rather fatiguing time of it. I asked her t© lead ib to a 
cafe where wo could get some Inn oh. 1 learned that she had had 
nothing to ©at as yet, only a cup of coffee. In answerft© my q 
questions she explained that it was altogether out ©f the ques- 
tion to have breakfast. A serving (the miserable little hard 
rolls of which I had tw© -for breakfast) cost £.00 kronen , one 
for her and one for her sister wild cost ,'fiOO kronen, quit* im- 
possible. Verna had one,' brtt Verna was a growing ohild, Wt had 
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a pretty good larch. It cost 3200 kronen, about 40 cents, frau 
Schneider said that . that was more than she would spend for a 
day's food for the family. On the way home that ni~ht I got a 
lot of a end in sb, a Ml© of oleo (no store had butter) and a jar 
of honey* also some oranges. She is always bossing rae, so I 
told her I was going to do seme bossing for a change — she would 
have to ©at some breakfast. On© night a week or so ag© ther® 
was a delicious piece of French pastry for d@ssert. - Verna was 
in the room while X ate supper. She asked if I liked this pas- 
try, I said I did and asked if she didn't. n Aoh, ja, n enthus- 
iastically. The mother had two bought, the other she in f©ur 
pieces had cut, so they all to eat had. I had the last bit on 
ay fork — imafine my feelings! I watched bakery windows till I 
saw this pastry, theg I got enough to so around and some over, 
I hay© prioed things in th© stores her®, food , I mean , to 
so© what it pays to send from America, Most things are cheaper 
her©, in American money. ,7rau Schneider knows how to make -the 
most of things. I thought that X wasted nothing, but when I had 
soup of th® water a piece of ham was boiled in, thickened with 
a Tory little rio®, I saw that I bad" something to learn, I 
can't say I liked it, but I hare eaten everything they sav© mSf 
soup with caroway seed in it. I spoke of the strange atti- 
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