Schwaz 16 June 1930 Dear Baroness Schey! The car is ready. As I said on the telephone, all’s well here. I’m sorry Beate is showing her family such an unflattering side of herself – that she takes the presence of her siblings as an opportunity to spoil the atmosphere with her unfriendly moods. Since we’ve been alone she’s been neither unpleasant nor unreasonable. I’m stricter than I used to be. On several occasions I’ve had words with her about good manners, amiability in general, attentiveness, gratitude and so on. Although she took these reproaches badly (one could hardly expect otherwise), …
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