Whenever Maezli came to a meal at her house, she always set this favorite dish before the child.
The days when Maezli came for a visit here were happy days for Loneli.
There was always something funny going on at meal-time, because Maezli had so many amusing things to speak about.

On those days she was never obliged to tell her grandmother exactly what lessons she had known in school and which she had not.

Usually Apollonie was dreadfully anxious to hear how punctually she had fulfilled her duties, and she always chose lunch-time for that purpose because then no other affair interfered with talking.

Beaming with joy, Loneli now sat beside Maezli, who was telling uninterruptedly about Salo.

She told them that he was friendlier and nicer than any boy she had ever seen, and she quoted Bruno, Mea and Kurt as saying exactly the same thing.