14th March 1939

15th March 1939

Leutstetten to 27, Queens Square, Bath

Dear Madeleine!

Many thanks for your letter. Even the German part was quite well written, only once or twice you dropped a word or words didn’t come in the right order. But I’m afraid my English isn’t very correct either, so don’t worry, the principal thing is that we understand each other.

Muck has a cold, mine is just going away. Ludwig’s leg is still thickly bandaged, but he is able to walk for half an hour already. He has to go to Munich every second or third day to have his leg dressed freshly. Yesterday I was at the opera again and saw the opera The Fair at Sorochintzi. It is by Mussorgsky, a Russian who is famous for Boris Godounow. The music is quite nice. The second part of the evening was filled by “The Moon” a new opera which has just come out. It is the most stupid thing one can possibly see as an opera. I haven’t seen the tenor Polzer lately. In January I read in the paper that he was ill. He hasn’t sung in Munich since then. Maybe he has gone to Dresden. I am very sorry, because he was so good looking and thin and I liked him very much. Did you really go to London only for one day? I hope you were able to fix everything with your people and that you will go to college in September. What are you going to learn? It is snowing since a week. I have taken up skiing again. It seems so funny being back in winter when we had primroses and snowdrops and some other flowers around here. Baby’s name and address is: I.K & K.H Frau/ Erz herzogim Dorothee von Habsburg-Lothringen/ Achberg/ Post Esseratsweiler/ Bei Lindau im Bodensee/ Germany.

I am rather upset by the politic. I do hope we are not running into another war. I saw a marvellous ballet, “The Devil in the Village”. It was danced by Jugoslavians. It was the best ballet performance I have seen yet. Much love.

Loll