Oh maaaaan. I didn't think about that (since you have exposed me to the rest of the letters) but yes, I can see that if those nuclear Fritz letters hadn't been quoted, it gives a veeeeery different picture of AW.

But yeah, it's painful to read the Wilhelmine letters -- and you can also see that she knows very well what she's talking about (the bit where she goes " I could tell you things in this regard which would greatly surprise you." kills me), but perhaps can't actually articulate it in a way that AW could understand. (How could he understand, after all, what she and Fritz had been through?)

Also, Ulrike, omg. I always imagine her as an ~evil drama queen~, and this letter does not exactly change my assessment of her :P

It's also kind of an Experience reading this right after "My Brother Narcissus." :(