trip after all.
You
mustn't
assume.
So, I'll arrive in Como Sunday
morning
at 5
o'clock, because
I
mustn't lose
an
entire day
on
the
route I
already
know
(you
are
surprised,
aren't
you,
what
a
good
little sweetheart
you
have).
And
you
will either be
at
the train
station already, which hardly
seems
possible,
or
I'll
expect
you
on
the first train coming from Milan. Then
we
shall
do
one
part of the
lake
on
foot and botanize and chat and
rejoice
in each other.
--
But,
little sweetheart,
I
should know whether
I
am
taking
the
same
route
going
home,
so
that I
can
buy
a
round
trip
ticket, because it's
a
pity
to
waste
the
money. Why
didn't
you
write
to
Winterthur
once more
and
ask about the
matter.
Perhaps this is considered
as
self-evident
there;
after all,
you
have been asked, and have agreed. Or did
they
want to
write
to you
once
more?
And
you
love
your
Doxerl
so
much,
and
you
long
so
much for her!
How happy she always is with
your
little letters, which
are
full of
ardent love, and which show her that
you
are
again her dear sweetheart
from
before,
and God! what
lovely
kisses she has saved for
you!
How
I
look forward to Sunday! there
are now
only
2
days
left
until then,
so
don't oversleep. Awaiting
you
with thousand joys
your
suffering
Toxerline
106. TO
MILEVA
MARIC
Winterthur,
Thursday evening [9
May
1901]
Dear
Miezchen!
My
first
greeting
from here shall
belong
to
you,
love.
Now let
me
first tell
you
what has
happened
to
me
since
we
parted.
First I
went
to
the Hotel Limmathof, where there
was no room
for
me
after they
scrutinized
me
in
my
dubious suit from head
to toe.
Then
I went to
the
Hotel Central, where they just barely granted
me
shelter against
advance
payment
of
2.50
fr. This
morning
Mrs.
Hägi
received
me
very
amiably
and
helped
me
pack
my
little suitcase and wanted with all her
might
to
force
some
food
upon
me.
She is better after all than
we
thought. Old
Stern
was
very
happy about
my
having been invited here,
&
Maier's
son,
who studied mining science, is in East Siberia in
a
place
where at
a
certain
depth the
ground
remains
frozen all
year
long
&
in winter
the temperatures
are
sometimes
as
low
as
50°
below
zero.
-
After
that, I had lunch
at
Orsini's with
one
of the
young
men
from
Bahnhofstrasse
&
took off for Winterthur
at 3
o'clock. In front of
the
railway
station
I
immediately
met
Rebstein,
who fixed
a
meeting
for
me
at
the Technikum for tomorrow morning
at
10
o'clock,
so
that
I
can
get
an
idea about the
way
I
have to teach. I
am
looking
forward
to my
work with
great joy.
Rebstein told
me
that he
thought
of
me
himself, and that Amberg and Ehrat recommended
me
to
him;
well-meaning
people
do exist, after all. Then
I went to
the
young
Wohlwend at his
office, who
was
awfully glad
to
see me.
I
rented
a room
at
his
landlady's (Äussere Schaffhauserstr. 38) and will
eat
in his
boarding
house.
You
have
no
idea how charming and clean
my
room
is!
A
large
room
with
a
double
window,
a
verandah with
a
glass door and
a
most
friendly view,
parquet
floor,
an
unspeakably comfortable sofa and
beautiful carpets,
a
few nice pictures
--
in short, really ideal.
Also, everything spick and
span
and clean. If
you
could only
see
it.
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