There is no greater misfortune than the loss of a mother, especially such a mother as my Cornelia.
It was terrible for my poor child to lose her at the tender age of three.

Please bring a good friend with you, so that you won't suffer from solitude in this lonely place.
Please gladden me soon by your arrival, and oblige Your sincere cousin, FREDERICK HELLMUT.
That same evening, when Director Hellmut was sitting in the living room with his daughter, he spoke of his hope that a cousin of his, Miss Kitty Dorner, would come to stay in Iller-Stream while he was on his trip to Vienna.

He also told Cornelli to be glad of this prospect.
After a few days came the following answer: B----, The 4th of May, 18--.
MY DEAR COUSIN: To oblige you I shall spend the summer at your house.

I have already planned everything and I have asked my friend Miss Grideelen to accompany me.

I am very grateful that you realize how monotonous it would have been for me to stay alone in your house all summer.