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One Sunday at the beginning of July -- Senator Buddenbrook had moved some four weeks before -- Frau Permaneder appeared at her brother's house toward evening. She crossed the cool ground floor, paved with flags and decorated with reliefs by Thorwaldsen, whence there was a door leading into the bureau; she rang at the vestibule door -- it could be opened from the kitchen by pressing on a rubber bulb -- and entered the spacious lobby, where, at the foot of the steps, stood the bear presented by Tiburtius and Clara. Here she learned from Anton that the Senator was still at work.
"Very good, Anton," she said. "I will go to him."