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It seems strange to live so near them
and not to have seen them for so long
a time but we travel only when it is neccessary.
To tell the truth I am waiting until you
kill the K. and are elected mayor of
Berlin. You will get my vote and I
will be tempted to stuff the ballot.
( I could start a "[swear?] factory" about
this ink. )

You failed to give me the name of
the officer to whom I was to write.
Such gross neglect on your part should
be punished most heartily. I am afraid
the war will be over before I can write
to him, which we would all thank God for,
the war part of it I mean, and we might
for both as I never wrote to a stranger
in my life but I am not afraid to so
hurry up and send his name.

Did you ever hear the story of the Chinese