2nd February 1938

2nd February 1938

Sarvar to 27 Queen Square, Bath

Dear Madeleine!

Many thanks for your letter. I am very glad to have got it today. Tomorrow morning we are leaving for Munchen, to enjoy the carnival. Our address will be “Munchen, Hotel Vier Jahiesgeiten”. Mami is taking Muck and Baby and me there for a month. I hope it will be fun. And I hope to go to many balls and parties and to the opera and skating and skiing. Ludwig is in Lengries doing his military service and he promised to take us skiing on his Sundays out. The other day I saw Sonja Henie in her first film, “One In A Million”. Her skating is really wonderful. Today we are going to see a German film “Ave Maria” with the famous tenor Benjamino Gilgi. He is very ugly but has a marvellous voice. Yesterday I was at a party at Steinamanger, 27km from here. It was a “Catholic Evening” but it really was great fun and we three danced so much. My feet hurt still. At the beginning I was very shy to go there with Papi. Mami had such a headache that she had to lie down. But we three came off very well. It is amazing how well all those Hungarians speak German. I did not dance with one who was not able to speak 3 German words. Most of them speak fluently. I don’t

know 10 words of Hungarian although we live here since 15 years. Isn’t it a shame! But our house is nearly all German, and even the maids understand some German. I made up my mind to take Hungarian lessons when I come back. But I have made this resolution very often, and always broken it till now.

Muck wants to go to England in March or April. I wonder if she really will. I rather think she will. When something has got into her head, she is pretty sure to do it, she is so mule-headed you know. Well, I’m not sure whether mule-headed is very polite, I took it out of some cowboy book. I must tell you that I write without a dictionary. I’m much too lazy to look words up, besides one always catched the wrong sense.

I’m very sorry to hear that your Grandfather had died. It is always such a shock to come home and find a telegram there.

I must stop now, Anny is so busy packing for Munchen, there is such a row.

So good-bye now, give my love to Mary,

Yours as ever Loll