But she was utterly set upon the immediate furnishing of the new home.
She went to Koenigsberg and had long sessions with furniture dealers
and tradesmen of all kinds. On account of her delicate condition she
insisted that she could only travel on the upholstered seats of the
second class. She charged her father accordingly and in reality
travelled fourth class and sat for hours between market-women and
Polish Jews in order to save a few marks. In the accounts she rendered
heavy meals were itemized, strengthening wines, stimulating cordials.
As a matter of fact, she lived on dried slices of bread which, before
leaving home, she hid in her trunk.

She did not disdain the saving of a tram car fare, although the
rebates which she got on the furniture ran into the hundreds.

All that she sent jubilantly to her lover in Berlin, assured that he
was provided for some months.

Thus the great misfortune had finally resulted in a blessing. For,
without these unhoped for resources, he must have long fallen by
the way-side.

Months passed. Her furnishings stood in a storage warehouse, but the
house in which they were to live was not yet found.

When she felt that her hour had come--her father and husband thought
it far off--she redoubled the energy of her travels, seeking,
preferably, rough and ribbed roads which other women in her condition
were wont to shun.

And thus, one day, in a springless vehicle, two miles distant from the