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She put out her hand rather blindly to meet his great red paw -LRB- a dressy striped cuff seemed to make it all the redder -RRB- , murmured a word of thanks in return for his fervent good wishes , and fled up the basement stairs . On Friday night -LRB- she was to leave next day -RRB- she went to the temple . The evening service began at seven . At half past six Fanny had finished her early supper . She would drop in at Doctor Thalmann 's house and walk with him to temple , if he had not already gone . `` Nein , der Herr Rabbi ist noch hier -- sure , '' the maid said in answer to Fanny 's question . The Thalmann 's had a German maid -- one Minna -- who bullied the invalid Mrs. Thalmann , was famous for her cookies with walnuts on the top , and who made life exceedingly difficult for unlinguistic callers .