Grandmother says that when I was little I must have been burned." "_Gott!_" "What did you say, Herr ?" "Nothing.

You can't remember?
Think!" tensely now.
"What's all this nonsense about ?" she cried, with a nervous laugh.

"It's only a scar." She went on with the kneading.

She patted the dough into four squares.
These she placed on the oven-stove.

She wiped her hands on a cloth for that purpose, and sighed contentedly.
"There! It's a fine mystery, isn't it ?" "Yes." But Grumbach was shaking as with ague.
"What is the matter, Herr ?" with concern.
"I grow dizzy like this sometimes.