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the room "Oh not that piece! Not that great | the room "Oh not that piece! Not that great | ||
piece, but that tiny one way down underneath! | piece, but that tiny one way down underneath! | ||
No, no, that minute one still further down! Yes, yes, | No, no, that [[^minute]] one still further down! Yes, yes, | ||
that's quite sufficient - I eat so very little!" The | that's quite sufficient - I eat so very little!" The | ||
men protested that the portion finally installed on | men protested that the portion finally installed on | ||
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the tireless monologues of Fräulein Groth, through | the tireless monologues of Fräulein Groth, through | ||
which I thought I could see certain shoals of | which I thought I could see certain shoals of | ||
German character & tradition breaking surface. The father | German character [[^& tradition]] breaking surface. The father | ||
of Fräulein Groth had been a physicist who had | of Fräulein Groth had been a physicist who had | ||
been knighted for some discovery about crystals, | been knighted for some discovery about crystals, | ||
and [[ crossed out: through]] in his august memory I could [[crossed out: catch]] see | and [[ crossed out: through]] [[^in]] his august memory I could [[crossed out: catch]] see | ||
Latest revision as of 04:54, 15 December 2022
the room "Oh not that piece! Not that great piece, but that tiny one way down underneath! No, no, that ^minute one still further down! Yes, yes, that's quite sufficient - I eat so very little!" The men protested that the portion finally installed on the gilt-edged plate was too small to keep [over-written: anyone]] a bird alive until morning; the other Rhine maidens murmured their admiration for so much daintiness, and the uproar finally died down.
With the help of a girl from the travel agency
I placed an advertisement in the paper, and after a few days moved out to Schwabing to live with Fräulein Groth in a small new apartment at the end of the streetcar line. From that retreat I weathered the late cold Bavarian spring, working hard at the German language and listening to the tireless monologues of Fräulein Groth, through which I thought I could see certain shoals of German character ^& tradition breaking surface. The father of Fräulein Groth had been a physicist who had been knighted for some discovery about crystals, and crossed out: through ^in his august memory I could crossed out: catch see