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Richard was in a friendly and responsive mood, much less depressed. He soon got hold of the keys, and various activities with them went on while he was speaking to Mrs K. He made the larger and smaller key walk together within the ring, which moved with them, and again said that this was Mrs K. and himself, going for walks together. Then he spoke of the recent R.A.F. raids. He took the little key off the ring and made it walk by itself.
Mrs K. interpreted that she and Richard were together and went off together to London, but he suddenly became afraid of the attacks on London and wanted to get away: that was why he had taken the little key off the ring and made it walk away by itself. Moreover, he took himself out of Mrs K. because the ring also stood for her body, with Richard inside her. But he also felt that it stood for Richard's body with Mrs K. inside him.
Richard mentioned that he had been cycling on the previous evening all over the village and he intended to go climbing with John and his friend next day after all. Could Mrs K. alter his time? He made the two keys, which he had taken off the ring, dance with each other while he hummed snatches of classical music (Note I).
Mrs K. interpreted that he had taken the keys off the ring because he wanted to have her company as an external object—the two keys dancing together, which also expressed his desire to put his