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Dear father and mother
:08:53
forgive us, Georg and I,
for taking so long to write,
:08:57
but so much has happened
since mom passed away
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that we haven't found
the time to do it before now.
:09:02
My brother Alexander was so upset,
:09:05
that we didn't know what to do.
:09:08
He fell into a deep depression.
:09:11
Some days, he didn't even
get out of bed.
:09:14
He finally had to be put
into the hospital
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where he underwent painful treatment.
It was horrible.
:09:20
I had to manage the store by myself,
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handle the will,
:09:24
and take care of the house,
:09:26
of the family and of my brother,
all at the same time.
:09:31
But thank God, things have
more or less calmed down.
:09:34
Alexander has recovered well enough
:09:36
that I finally have the luxury to write you.
:09:40
Throughout all this,
Georg was really wonderful
:09:43
even though he was also
going through a difficult period.
:09:47
He was transfered to another department
where he's been told
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he has much better chances
for advancement.
:09:54
Unfortunately, he has a new boss,
an incompetent
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who's a few years away
from retirement