Still going! Still clearing Fritz's valet/chamberlain Fredersdorf's name from the calumny enshrined in wikipedia that he was dismissed for financial irregularities!
Yes, I can see why you quit, and I'm pressed for time, I'll go straight to the personal stuff with translating:
Yeah, I definitely don't expect you to translate that. Just putting it out there so you all can see why I quit, and if you have a particular interest in anything in there, I'll do a second passthrough, but I'm not doing one on my own account.
my second guess is that he may have already been married and keeping it secret because of Fritz' well known marriage phobia, and once Fritz said it would be cool for Leining to marry, he was thrilled and either is planning to come out as already married or pretending to get married.
That was definitely one of my interpretations. Good to know it sounds plausible to you too.
Also, for this to make sense, Fredersdorf has to be in the know about Leining's actual state of marriage/singlehood even before Fritz gives his permission.
And that means he has to have been keeping it a secret from Fritz! I think he empathizes quite a lot in this instance. :P
Furtherly, I guess Mrs. Leining might have been shy because Fredersdorf is regarded as top dog of civil servants, still, and that's why she didn't call immediately
Ooh, that does make sense.
As he talks about Fredersdorf having given him helpful instructions in the non-personal part of the letter, I'm assuming Fredersdorf put him through a crash course of "how to be Fritz' treasurer 101" via letter. Again, not something I see happening if Fredersdorf had been dismissed in disgrace/retired to save face but really because of disgrace - there's no way Fritz then would have told Leining to let Fredersdorf show him the ropes via letter.
Yep!
either the Fredersdorfs wined and dined her, or they're sending food and wine packages for the new home, or something like that.
Makes sense. Also, I notice this bit is in French, which intrigues me! I'm sure Fredersdorf could read it in the same sense that you and I can read it and yet cannot handle a whole correspondence in French, but the decision to put this personal bit in French, and nothing else aside from the formulaic parts, is interesting.
Fredersdorf also seems to have asked how Fritz is doing, aw,
I know, I awwwed at that too!
and generally I have the impression that he and Leining have known each other for a while (especially if Fredersdorf knew about Leining's secret marriage/engagement) and there's some genuine sympathy, not just work politeness.
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Re: Leining to Fredersdorf: Letter 5
Yeah, I definitely don't expect you to translate that. Just putting it out there so you all can see why I quit, and if you have a particular interest in anything in there, I'll do a second passthrough, but I'm not doing one on my own account.
my second guess is that he may have already been married and keeping it secret because of Fritz' well known marriage phobia, and once Fritz said it would be cool for Leining to marry, he was thrilled and either is planning to come out as already married or pretending to get married.
That was definitely one of my interpretations. Good to know it sounds plausible to you too.
Also, for this to make sense, Fredersdorf has to be in the know about Leining's actual state of marriage/singlehood even before Fritz gives his permission.
And that means he has to have been keeping it a secret from Fritz! I think he empathizes quite a lot in this instance. :P
Furtherly, I guess Mrs. Leining might have been shy because Fredersdorf is regarded as top dog of civil servants, still, and that's why she didn't call immediately
Ooh, that does make sense.
As he talks about Fredersdorf having given him helpful instructions in the non-personal part of the letter, I'm assuming Fredersdorf put him through a crash course of "how to be Fritz' treasurer 101" via letter. Again, not something I see happening if Fredersdorf had been dismissed in disgrace/retired to save face but really because of disgrace - there's no way Fritz then would have told Leining to let Fredersdorf show him the ropes via letter.
Yep!
either the Fredersdorfs wined and dined her, or they're sending food and wine packages for the new home, or something like that.
Makes sense. Also, I notice this bit is in French, which intrigues me! I'm sure Fredersdorf could read it in the same sense that you and I can read it and yet cannot handle a whole correspondence in French, but the decision to put this personal bit in French, and nothing else aside from the formulaic parts, is interesting.
Fredersdorf also seems to have asked how Fritz is doing, aw,
I know, I awwwed at that too!
and generally I have the impression that he and Leining have known each other for a while (especially if Fredersdorf knew about Leining's secret marriage/engagement) and there's some genuine sympathy, not just work politeness.
Yeah, that's the vibe I'm getting.