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46 about noon that Frau Schneider was looking pretty tired. We had a rather fatiguing time of it. I asked her to lead us to a cafe where we could get some lunch. I learned that she had had nothing to eat as yet, only a cup of coffee. In answerrto my q questions she explained that it was altogether out of the question to have breakfast. A semling (the miserable little hard rolls of which I had two for breakfast) cost [[overwritten]] 4 [[/overwritten]] ^[[2]]00 kronen, one for her and one for her sister would cost [[overwritten]] 8 [[/overwritten]] ^[[4]]00 kronen, quite impossible. Verna had one, but Verna was a growing child. We had a pretty good lunch. 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 night I got a lot of semlings, a kilo of oleo (no store had butter) and a jar of honey, also some oranges. She is always bossing me, so I told her I was going to do some bossing for a change--she would have to eat some breakfast. One night a week or so ago there was a delicious piece of French pastry for dessert. Verna was in the room while I ate supper. She asked if I like this pastry. I said I did and asked if she didn't. "Ach, ja," enthusiastically. The mother had two bought, the other she in four pieces had cut, so they all to eat had. I had the last bit on my fork--imagine my feelings! I watched bakery windows till I saw this pastry, then I got enough to go around and some over. ------I have priced things in the stores here, food, I mean, to see what it pays to send from America. Most things are cheaper here, in American money. Frau Schneider knows how to make the most of things. I thought that I wasted nothing, but when I had soup of the water a piece of ham was boiled in, thickened with a very little rice, I saw that I had something to learn. I can't say I liked it, but I have eaten everything they gave me, even soup with caraway seed in it. I spoke of the strange atti-
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I corrected the type "answerrto" to "answer to"
Minor corrections, missing 'I' added and erroneous 's' removed - philjterry
Added ^[[ ]] notation to indicate overwrite is written by hand