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papa Ruttens Gold watch, he furthermore bequeathed an old family painting and a platter decorated with postal stamps to me. The visit was brief. I reported to the parents my surprise at the youthful appearance of our relatives and dropped a hint that it would acceptable to them to have a further meeting upon the neutral grounds of the "Schwechater Bier Halles". I explained that it was incumbent upon me to invite Onkel and Tante and said that I would be sorry not to have parents with me this evening. All this was quite plain; so Resi the good maiden was dispatched with a white flag and an invitation to Onkels and reported half an hour that all was O.K.

There was Regiments music at the Bierhalle, we had Brathuner [[?]] an to Papas horror a bottle of Champagne. We attracted the attention of fashionable Graz. The headwaiter showed his tip of 3 crowns to his assembled Kuchenpersonal which had come