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Distinguished Miss
Our relationship to the bookstore owner is so good that I
can send you today the that you mentioned last time. I
hope that your fondness of the Russian language will help
you get over the boredom of studies and then I will. be
honored meeting you again, I hope that in Russian you will
be able to tell me about your progress. In case you should
need other help, I do not have to mention that I am at your
service. My regards to your mother and the doctor similarly
to Mrs. Bates.
Very truly yours
Dr. V. Absolon 206751872
My dear Karla
I have only an half hour time to write if I get to sendoff
this letter today as I want to announce that we got to. Breitenstein
in order. On the way I had miserable company, this was only
agreeable, I could quit and give myself to my thoughts and
be with you. Until now being tired and the change of conditions
interfered with my adtivity. I am afraid to say how I
am going to feel when I fully realize how far away you are
and how long my cute (Karolka) I have to miss you. I
hope that you have received my telegram from Bilsen. Kiss
our mothers hands. for me and also Miss Anna, for Blasta and
Madanks a kiss, JI am kissing you many times.
Willibald 14.8.1872
Dear Karlicka
I wish to make known to Miss, but again today I have re-
ceived no letter; if I would know for sure that she forgot
to write I would not permit myself to bother you with
this letter but it is possible that the letter got lost
or got delayed at the post office and therefore I wish to
let you know. In the latter case I would better start
writing letters again. father mother and the sister-
in-law. Greetings to Miss Anna. Beautiful weather.
Your fidel groom
Willibald Late 28.8.1872
Dear Karolko
You don't have to worry about a best man, as I was with the
"inspector" today that very distinquished young man that I
did not find at home but the inspector in his name suggested
that he will take you to the altar. He mentioned, yesterday
Kmak I stayed in Blansko until eight o'clock. It was impossible
to get the architect from over here, we arrived home after
ten o'clock in the evening. Greetings from my mother.
I. kiss you and all the dearies.
Willibald 30.10.72
Dear Karolko
I'm sending you thus certificate. The number of our
house is 130 1 that. is in: the first town 'district. ..i hope
that you are coming tomorrow, at least father had no
objection when I mentioned your project. When you go
through Boskovice have the roof off the chaise down. I
would hope that the curious individuals in Boskovice will
thus meet you as my wife. Sincere greetings from mother.
I kiss you and the rest.
Your Willibald 26.10.72
My golden (Karlicku)
Thus my wish did not help and you left me without a letter.
I should not reproach you as I also forgot to write one
day but I at least have a formal right to do so as I did
not promise to write every day but my cute "Karlik"
promised this twice and now I want to say a word and let
you blush for yourself that you broke a promise. That's it!
From the letter from the Miss in Roudince I saw that the
inlaws family are your friends, and thus you may be interested
about the courageous activities of the . "Karuska"
and don't forget me. Sincere kisses to all my beloved bride
kisses sincerely
Willibald 26.8.1872
My beloved ve Willibaid
I am sitting down with the definate intention to complain
about. the life and about myself in a long letter.. I hope
you have enough patience and will listen. Ten o'clock
just passed and I have arrived at a home we were at the Veible's
and then at the train. However was annoyed by the
snobbish group of people and the boring faces. Even though
I was laughing and forced to be gay. For jokes I was not
prepared. The words of Jan Machalicky come to mind. I
cannot force my foot into the narrow shoe of life - I don't
belong to this human society = my head does not fit into
every close cirele, however small it must break it or die
itself.
I don't fit in the midst of this people, I am perhaps too
much of an idealist who is bothered by the world literature-
and I come from a party where I had to suppress my idealism
I'm unhappy, I would like to enclose myself from the whole
world and I can't open my heart so soon to the pain of the
world which dictates my crazy thoughts. I am always angry
at myself, I think, then that I am stupid detestable. [I
consider my ambitions as a salad which I hope to sell on
the market of the literary kitchen. However life lacks
interest; I dislike the noise of all those stupid parties,
I am happy I am in my little room in the midst of homes of
all those superficial people. If any one should read this
or could look into my thoughts he would laugh at all those
crazy illusions; are you laughing at me too?
I am very very sad today and your letter made me so happy,
I did change immediately and happily entered inbetween in the
midst of the other people and sent my heart t� you with
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sincere kisses. I brought with me melancholy, I am nostalgic,
the time of your absence is too long. But no I would not
deserve the dissatisfaction and you yourself consider this
a proving period of the truth of our love which I doubt had
to be tested.
You reproach me that I am not sending you any kisses. You
know how easy it is to hand them out. You want some replace-
ment, no joke I have a stony heart but at the end I will replace
what I am being neglectful of now.
About the gossip I shall not talk any more, mother is
distressed, she says she won't write to you she apparently
does not know how to behave and what to talk about ete. She
wants to know who could derive anything from the words "mein
Kind", if the letters are read by any one else.
You are happy that I have fat cheeks and true moon face; I
get a headache from beer but I drink only because I am sad.
When you come father will make for you a declaration
of love I should do it in his name, I said thank you to him.
I tell you that he said that you are a bad man, I love you
nevertheless, now I start joking again as in the other
letters so good night.
In every word of this letter there is a kiss from your fidel
Karla: 25.0.b07e
My cute Karlousku
I was goine through the letters wh�th had prince's living
between lions and bears is sending me (ursussplaus and leo
spelaus) to her fidel groom who is again in exile. I read
all eight I counted all eighteen of them and when I read
all of them and again started to talk to people they told
me "what did you do doctor? your mouth is all black.
This must have been the miracle maker who is my enemy
and who made my lips black so that the world thinks that
Il.am drinking ink. But this is not true as I drink only
beer which is here excellent. For evening supper and
morning repast I usually have in the company of the educator
who is an intelligent young man and always when it takes
the first swallow he drinks to you, your health. And if
at eleven o'clock in the morning or nine o'clock in the
evening you hear a buzzing in your ear you will know
that it is the Bertensten doctor and drinking to the
health of the cutest of all Karlickes, Reading your Lovely
letters I run into such a happy humor that I am like changed
today. I see everything in a pink light and I am mad at myself
that I did not admit myself these happy moments. This then
will replace any letters that do not arrive. When we get
married we will have to save our correspondence and we shall
read it from time to time but for Gods sake we shall never
show it to anyone to any third person he certainly would
laugh at us. Especially to my letters I would not want to
admit in front of strangers. This sure would contrast when
such an old man a doctor of medicine would write in such
an infidel manner as I am doing it so often, Only your love
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would excuse it and therefore I send. Today we go to Manepina
to the Lacansky family. Where I always go through a boring
day as one has to appear as a and they think
then God knows how much they made one happy with their
invitation. One cannot deny that it is more agreeable to
be in the company of nobility than in the company of some
newly rich business friend a Jew or a small townish employee.
About our return to Moravia I did not hear anything I am
afraid of the worse. Only if this unhapEy unhappily beautiful
weather would change if it would freeze and rain. Coming
home I did not get any letters for some time. Mother suggested
that she send my aunt to take care of my apartment in Boskic
who would look at everything before I return myself; I would
rather avoid this if possible. I heard about one apartment
of four rooms in Bonskobice and I wrote immediately to
Kubin to find more about it; so far I did not get any answer.
Write to me again Karusinko how you are. Do drink beer
and eat meat. I'm getting fatter and I am ashamed of it
you won't recognize me. If only this beer would be here
somewhat worse then I would have to start drinking part
water. Sincere love to father, mother Valste. My beloved
and dear bride sincerely embraces
Vilibaad 49.1872
I did not get. any letter again today but you can see
how good I am by not saying a thing. Beautiful weather here.
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My dear beloved Karlo -"
I have just received both of your letters and happiness
is overwhelming me. In quiet moments I am surprised
how this quiet cool Absolon who is trying to show himself
to the foreign world that he gets all shaken and melts
in happiness when you my dear Karolka sincerely and from
the depths of the heart talks to me. How only can you
think my Karla that I could laugh at the expressions of
your hearts; whom could you confide your feelings and your
thinking. "In the contrary this expressions of your young
heart does true delight and you do not know. how
happy you make me when you show me always clearer that
precious difference between yourself and other girls.
These illusions, these idle opinions of the world and people
are entirely rukakmadt commiserate to your age oy youth
and even nou durine the time of general negativeness towards
all men how happy is it for a girl fur to preserve a sane
mind and a pure heart. I would not want to miss in
your case my dear Karla. have at their place only what
is good and beautiful and I wish that you could preserve
these as long as possible. I use to reason this way and
hoped that in time I could somehow assimilate the world as
I hoped that it would be with the world as it truly was,
I did not lose the sense. for these ideals which are so
beautiful which make us so unhappy when we recognize that
these are truly only ideals contrary to reality. Unfortun-
ately the world distroys these one after the after and it
will be my duty that you do not recognize the losses and
that I replace them with the happiness of the home and with
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my love; if I should succeed this would bring me happiness
on this earth and even you shall not miss your ideals, If
I should not succeed I would not be worth of becoming your
husband. I almost forgot that Mr. Machalicky I almost got
jealous that his words state in Karlik's mind. IT-ama bit
sorry that I gave up poetry as sometimes
in the Arcapiun. If I would know that I could make myself
grateful to you even now would I take Petas out of it's
fable and would ride into the old romantie land so that Il
eould also get into this literary market to sell the
and the of my feelings.
Dear Karolko
I stg�1l1 feel unfappy when you write about mother if she is
still worrying about some gossip and that she is unhappy.
I had to laugh about the effect of my innocent remark not
to call you a child anymore. I said this of course only
in jest and I can see now to my chagrin that it was not
a good joke now that I see that it was such a commentary.
I wanted only to say that father and mother had not returned
to their 91a opinions and consider you too young for marriage
while they would call you and A �hild..( :
Of course we know that we are to be ehildren of our
parents even though a one hundred years old. I cannot
believe that mother would be mad at me and would not want
to write to me. Please do explain it to her Karolko and
ask her for forgiveness in my name. Why does your father
want to express love to me I am no girl after all we did
not make to each other any declarations and nevertheless
we like each other now tell father to forget about it. My
dear Karolko I can see now that with the resignation that
ft expresses the first day of our mutual absence I expressed
stupidity. I always thought that I would retain of
the spirit as I' did the first.day but 'mow I. know that it
is very difficult not to be with you and not to see you for
two weeks - four weeks and perhaps even longer.
Sometimes I feel tense around my heart I am not able to
work or talk. And then I walk through our old Preitensteine.
Physical exercise is a balm for the soul. Try it if at
some time you should find it necessary. - Please Karolko
do make our dear mother happy even if one day I am sure I
will purge all her � Please do send greetings to the Bakes!
a kiss of the hand to grandmother and Miss Hermina express
mes con bien sinceres, most beautiful weather as always
your truthful bridegroom.
Vilibald.