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 "Did you not say that Dr. Tobolka was a good politician?"

"Yes, I praised him. Und was ist denn mit dem dr. Tobolka?"

I should add that Toter Hund (dead dog) is a Viennese expression, in which the word Toter (dead) has the full accent, and Hund (dog) is by the way. So the expression is neither a term of abuse nor of criticism.

 

The case of Dr. Kramář and associates had been held in abeyance for some time. It was said new evidence had been discovered in Belgrade after its capture. It was also said that Dr. Preminger had fallen ill. It was also said that the proceedings would be stapped altogether. In those days of official silence, every event became the subject of a whole series of different versions and explanations, because a man likes to have complete ideas about a thing, and if he cannot get the actual facts, he invents them and tells them to his fellow men so often, until he believes them himself.

The winter of that year was not severe,and ended exactly according to the calendar. During a few evenings in February there were heavy and vicious winds, but one day the sun leapt into the blue