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little later, in the very next year, it was no
longer the same.
The lectures began immediately after our
arrival. During the day we were all three at
the university, and in the evening we studied at
home. We had scarcely ever time to walk,
except on Sundays. Sometimes we went to
Mannheim to see a play at the theatre. We had
very few acquaintances, and on the whole paid
very few visits.
‘Sonia immediately attracted her teachers’
attention by her unusual capacity for
mathematics. Professor Königsberger, the celebrated
natural philosopher Kirchhof, whose courses of
practical physical science she attended, in fact
everybody, spoke of her as something
extraordinary. She had become so famous in the
little town, that people would stop in the streets
to look after the remarkable Russian lady. One
day she came home laughing, and told me that
a woman with a child on her arm had stopped
and looked at her, saying quite loud to the child :
“Look, look, that is the girl who is so fond of
going to school.” (Sieh, sieh, das ist das
Mädchen was so fleissig in die Schule geht!)
‘Reticent, almost shy, as she was in her
intercourse with teachers and students, Sonia always
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