The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud Chapter 5 Page 24

unequal downward hanging of the two side pieces, although just such individualities in the determinations lead the way to the interpretation.

I continued by saying that if she only had a man with such a virile genital she would not have to fear the officers — that is, she would have nothing to wish from them, for she is mainly kept from going without protection and company by her fancies of temptation. This last explanation of her fear I had already been able to give her repeatedly on the basis of other material.

It is quite remarkable how the dreamer behaved after this interpretation. She withdrew her description of the hat, and claimed not to have said that the two side pieces were hanging downwards. I was, however, too sure of what I had heard to allow myself to be misled, and I