The table d'h�te scene in the dream contains an allusion to this indifferent motive, for in conversation I had brought the taxi parallel with the table d'h�te. But I can indicate the important event which has as its substitute the trivial one. A few days before I had disbursed a large sum of money for a member of my family who is very dear to me. Small wonder, says the dream thought, if this person is grateful to me for this — this love is not cost-free. But love that shall cost nothing is one of the prime thoughts of the dream. The fact that shortly before this I had had several drives with the relative in question puts the one drive with my friend in a position to recall the connection with the other person.

The indifferent impression which, by such ramifications, provokes the dream is subservient to another