In a German Pension

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Katherine Mansfield. In a German Pension

In a German Pension

Table of Contents

1. GERMANS AT MEAT

2. THE BARON

3. THE SISTER OF THE BARONESS

4. FRAU FISCHER

5. FRAU BRECHENMACHER ATTENDS A WEDDING

6. THE MODERN SOUL

7. AT “LEHMANN’S”

8. THE LUFT BAD

9. A BIRTHDAY

10. THE CHILD-WHO-WAS-TIRED

11. THE ADVANCED LADY

12. THE SWING OF THE PENDULUM

13. A BLAZE

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Katherine Mansfield

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Each guest who came into the breakfast-room was bombarded with the wonderful news. “The Baroness von Gall is sending her little daughter here; the Baroness herself is coming in a month’s time.” Coffee and rolls took on the nature of an orgy. We positively scintillated. Anecdotes of the High Born were poured out, sweetened and sipped: we gorged on scandals of High Birth generously buttered.

“They are to have the room next to yours,” said the manager, addressing me. “I was wondering if you would permit me to take down the portrait of the Kaiserin Elizabeth from above your bed to hang over their sofa.”

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