Yeah, I did consider that. I didn't mention it for two reasons: one, the comma seemed weird in that I wanted the second part to be related to the first part, but then again, you're lucky if he puts in any punctuation at all, so it could just be an unrelated pregnancy announcement.
Two, Leining's hanging out in a military camp in the front lines during one of the most active stages of the war, which seems like a weird place for the wife of a high-ranking civil servant to be, but maybe not! I know soldiers brought their wives/unmarried partners with them, and there were plenty of lower-class women providing various services to the army, so...maybe Mrs. Leining is here after all. What made me think she wasn't was that Fritz said the next time Leining went home, he should get married, which made me think his wife was *not* present in the army camp, but was back home in Berlin/Potsdam. But who knows. It is possible.
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Re: Leining to Fredersdorf: Letter 5
Date: 2023-04-17 04:41 pm (UTC)Two, Leining's hanging out in a military camp in the front lines during one of the most active stages of the war, which seems like a weird place for the wife of a high-ranking civil servant to be, but maybe not! I know soldiers brought their wives/unmarried partners with them, and there were plenty of lower-class women providing various services to the army, so...maybe Mrs. Leining is here after all. What made me think she wasn't was that Fritz said the next time Leining went home, he should get married, which made me think his wife was *not* present in the army camp, but was back home in Berlin/Potsdam. But who knows. It is possible.