Schwaz 2 August My dear Annerl, The key has arrived. But the manuscripts in question are not in the cabinet. Hanni said (as I was looking for a hat) that when the Herr Baron was here he turned the whole house upside-down and sacked it so thoroughly that she thought he’d never come back. Is it not also possible that he forced the cabinet open and took the manuscripts? Your bank order was executed without any trouble, and they’ve promised to send you a statement right away. Politically the situation here is calm as you like: the farmers are stacking …
It’s almost as though I’ve had to struggle to find my way back to the present . .