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do but he should come home with them right then and there.  So he went to their little one-room abode in the city.  The room was very dreary with a little stove burning in the corner.  It seems Mrs. Freitag had become quite famous as a dressmaker during the 20 year's lapse since Mr. Burton had seen her.  She had about 20 helpers and several work rooms.  However, with the progress of the war all the rooms but the one in which she now lived had been destroyed and all her equipment.

Mr. Burton brushed up on his German and carried on a lengthy conversation with Mrs. Freitag and Hilly.  He took the opportunity to find out what they thought of the war just passed.  Mrs. Freitag, in most cases, held no bitterness against the allies for, she held that war was war and 



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we get this section done", he decided. (P.S. I was just kidding when I first referred to the coke)

Well I felt very important as we walked out of the office to, "get a coke".  There weren't any loose cokes so we had to get a bottle from the machine.  I', like a dummy, had never turned a machine like that but once and I couldn't see how it worked.  So he put a nickel in very neatly and handed me the coke.  Then I took about 5 minutes to open it under the opener.  I felt silly.  However, he didnt seem to think anything of it.

We talked about the courses he was taking.  He's carrying 18 hours (Engineering) and works too.  Gosh, I don't see how he does it.  He'll