excerpt from the sixth sense

by Konrad Bayer 

always helpful franz goldenberg entered the room and gave me a hand, i gave dr ertel a hand. dr ertel gave marion bembe a hand. marion bembe gave dr aust a hand. dr aust gave dr herbert krech a hand. dr herbert krech gave miss gisela lietz a hand. miss gisela lietz gave ernst günther hansig a hand. erst günther hansig gave dr karl linfort a hand. dr karl linfort gave mr joseph lembrock a hand. mr joseph lembrock gave mr dieter honisch a hand. mr dieter honisch gave doris ottlitz a hand. doris ottlitz gave margarete reichhardt a hand. margarete reichhardt gave walter meister a hand. walter meister gave sergio pereldi a hand. sergio pereldi gave prof. arthur b. gottlieb a hand. thoughtfully prof. arthur b. gottlieb gave mr wildenstein a hand. mr wildenstein gave vera fugger a hand. vera fugger gave gillo dorfles a hand. gillo dorfles gave ives acker a hand. ives acker gave bruno buzek a hand. bruno buzek gave felix heybach a hand. felix heybach gave dr jirgal a hand. dr jirgal gave dr lehmann a hand. dr lehmann gave rudi mayer a hand. rudi mayer gave roger salmona a hand. roger salmona gave charles kahn a hand. carefully, in sort of his own way, charles kahn gave mac greenfield a hand. mac greenfield gave neda sestan a hand. neda
sestan gave luther allan a hand. luther allan gave neda sestan a hand. once more neda sestan gave luther allan a hand. this time luther allan gave felix roegg a hand. felix roegg gave doris ottlitz a hand. doris ottlitz gave ives acker a hand. ives acker wanted to give sergio cohen a hand. finally sergio cohen accepted and himself gave vera kovar a hand. vera kovar gave willi prucker a hand. willi prucker gave joe plaskett a hand. joe plaskett gave dr grossblatt a hand. thrembling dr grossblatt gave
jerome reich a hand. jerome reich gave tullio mazotti a hand. tullio mazotti gave paul melin a hand. paul melin was sweating, he gave hans schar a hand. hans schar gave gusti siegler a hand. gusti siegler laughed and
gave michel damase a hand. michel damase gave petroff a hand. petroff said: "thanks, my dear damase", and himself gave consul ganz a hand. consul ganz gave hellmuth von der hoh a hand. hellmuth von der hoh gave paolo farkas a hand. paolo farkas gave aage olsen a hand. aage olsen gave phoebe schmidt a hand. phoebe schmidt gave peter szervansky a hand. peter szervansky gave robert mc. bride a hand. robert mc. bride gave fra stefano a hand. fra stefana gave søren friis a hand. søren friis gave xenia davis a hand. without a word xenia davis gave massimo benazzo a hand. massimo benazzo
gave fridolin koch a hand. fridolin koch gave gustav treiber a hand. gustav treiber gave mr dieter honisch a hand. again mr dieter honisch gave doris ottlitz a hand. vexed at all this doris ottlitz threw the hand on the
floor. goldenberg was strongly requested to leave the party immediately. 

from the German by Ingemar Johansson 

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