Beta Book

There were, of course, already outdated for a very long
time! I spent entire days and half nights, cramming this
unnecessary stuff into my head. I was literally force-fed and
over-fed with this. I would probably have perished from it, if my
body had not developed such a strength that, in spite of the
extremely scarce food, it had been able to withstand even such a
strain quite well. And there were also times and hours of
relaxation. This was because father did not take a single walk
and did not make a single errant to the countryside without taking
me along. He used to pose only this one condition, that I would
not miss a single moment in school on account of this. The walks
through forests and groves were always most interesting, because
of his rich knowledge of the flora. But we did not spent all of
this time outdoors. There were were certain days for certain
inns. There met the teacher Schulze, the principal, the rich man
Wetzel, the grocer Thiele, the merchant Vogel, the captain of the
rifle-men Lippold, and others for bowling or for playing skat.


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