Chapter 10 Chapter 2 "Life Is My School" (5)

In early July, it was time for Kuster to go back to Lin Si.He was going back to spend the summer with his parents and come back in the fall, but he insisted on paying half the rent.Hitler said nothing about his plans, and when Kuster vowed to become a violinist in the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in order to pay more than half of the rent, Hitler flew into a rage.Kuster, who is good at forbearance, has long been accustomed to Adolf's bad temper and is still intoxicated by his success, so he does not express displeasure about it.At Vesbanov station, Adolf told him "a hundred times" how boring it would be to live alone in Stompagas, not visibly emotional ("the more he was moved, the calmer he became" ).Afterwards, he suddenly behaved strangely: he grabbed Kubitschek's hands vigorously, and then hurried away without looking back.

In Linz, Kuster wrote a postcard and a letter to Hitler.He also received a letter in reply saying that Hitler "has been working very hard, often until two or three o'clock in the morning." Adolf promised to write to him again before going on vacation to Chipital, and tentatively said: When my sister comes, I won't." He probably meant Angela, because she and her husband played a very important role in his life.Two weeks passed, but Adolf did not write a word.Around July 20, the letter finally arrived.From what was said and what was not said in the letter, Hitler's life was very strange and lonely:

Dear friends: You may have guessed why I haven't written to you for so long.The answer is simple: I can't think of anything to tell you, or what you'd be interested in.I'm still in Vienna and don't intend to leave.I'm alone here because Chuckress is at her brother's house.I've lived the life of a hermit, but pretty well.There was only one thing that worried me: I was always called by Mrs. Chuckles in the morning.I'm used to getting up early for work, and now I have to take care of myself.Is there any news from Lin Si? He asked Kuster to send him a copy of the Linz guidebook and the Danube steamship timetable.

...Otherwise I would hear nothing, this morning I caught a long line of bedbugs swimming and drowning in "my" blood.Now, my teeth are chattering "hot".I think cold weather like this summer is rare. That month, he lived in that stuffy, bug-infested house. In August, he wrote again to Kubyschek that his life was still dull.The letter, as usual, is full of self-pity.Despite its grammatical and typographical errors, the letter was "beautifully written" in the opinion of the uncritical Kubichick—"perhaps the most informative of all his letters to me." It was informative and emotional, beginning with "Friend!" First, he begged Kubitschek's forgiveness for not writing to him lately."There was a good, or bad, reason for not writing. I can't think of anything to write about. Now, I'm writing to you out of the blue, which in itself just shows that I'm coming to you in order to find some news. You reported it, I spent a long time looking for it. Now, I wrote it." He conveyed to him the gratitude from the old lady of the landlady after receiving the rent.Hitler carelessly referred to her as "Zachkes" and "Zuckles", although he had not misspelled her name in a previous letter.He confided that he had just recovered from "bronchitis"; and rejoiced in the weather—"the weather is fine, that is to say, with heavy rain. Thank goodness for this very hot year." He noted that Lin Si Instead of rebuilding the theater (one of his favorite engineering projects), the authorities decided to “renovate the dilapidated house,” he attacks, saying that they “would have played the violin if they had thought of repairing the theater.”

Hitler revealed that he would leave Vienna for Shipital, "probably on Saturday or Sunday." By the end of August, he was in the countryside breathing the fresh air of the village.Beyond that, there's not much to admire.The increasing stress caused him to change his way of life in Vienna; this time, it was Aunt Johanna.But, recalls Paula, "the last attempt to persuade him to become an official was in vain." Even Paula showed signs of being a big brother.At this time, Paula was twelve years old and resented her elder brother's advice, including the list of books he gave her (including Don Quixote, which he sent her from Vienna). "Of course, he is my elder brother. I just rebel against him inwardly and obey him outwardly. In fact, we are brother and sister. Although we often quarrel, we still respect and love each other. However, when we live together, we respect each other. Ruined the other party's fun."

There is a relationship between brothers and sisters, but their understanding of each other is superficial, and they don't have many common hobbies.It was the same with Angela and Alois Jr., and it is the same with Paula.The unpleasant events of that summer at the Hipital marked the end of Hitler's adolescence.His family persuaded him to consider a more practical career, but he refused, which made him cut off his relationship with his family.Henceforth, the Hipital, which had brought so much joy to his childhood, was no longer his safe haven.He went to Vienna for the fourth time, and this time he really did his own thing.