サウンドオブミュージック（６６１）𝓢𝓞𝓤𝓝𝓓 𝓞𝓕 𝓜𝓤𝓢𝓘𝓒 —————————【６６１】——————————————— I don't know which word to use now； was it funny, comical,or pathetic to watch the reaction of our rich neighbours ? One of the worst things that can happ…

サウンドオブミュージック（６６０）𝓢𝓞𝓤𝓝𝓓 𝓞𝓕 𝓜𝓤𝓢𝓘𝓒 —————————【６６０】——————————————— But really——weren't we lucky ? Never before had we been so close to each other in the family as now, or had seen, withsuch gratitude to God, the qualities …

サウンドオブミュージック（６５９）𝓢𝓞𝓤𝓝𝓓 𝓞𝓕 𝓜𝓤𝓢𝓘𝓒 —————————【６５９】——————————————— And the pastor from the parish church most kindly helped us with the most necessary vestments and vessels. One of the professors of the Theological Faculty…

サウンドオブミュージック（６５８）𝓢𝓞𝓤𝓝𝓓 𝓞𝓕 𝓜𝓤𝓢𝓘𝓒 —————————【６５８】——————————————— As simple as that ! The good old Archbishop Ignatius gave his permission most readily. One ofthe big rooms downstairs, not in use now, seemedjust made for …

サウンドオブミュージック（６５７）𝓢𝓞𝓤𝓝𝓓 𝓞𝓕 𝓜𝓤𝓢𝓘𝓒 —————————【６５７】——————————————— “ Why don' t you ask the Archbishop for permis-sion to have a chapel, as so many other castles and eststes do ? ”said Frau Rafaela. “ I am surehe would sen…

サウンドオブミュージック（６５６）𝓢𝓞𝓤𝓝𝓓 𝓞𝓕 𝓜𝓤𝓢𝓘𝓒 —————————【６５６】——————————————— “ Whatsoever.” So we started asking together for the right light, for the right guidance, and the answer was just around the corner in Nonn-berg. I went th…

サウンドオブミュージック（６５５）𝓢𝓞𝓤𝓝𝓓 𝓞𝓕 𝓜𝓤𝓢𝓘𝓒 —————————【６５５】——————————————— In those days we reaped the first harvest of that blessed custom we had started long ago of reading the Gospel together with the children. At every crossro…

サウンドオブミュージック（６５４）𝓢𝓞𝓤𝓝𝓓 𝓞𝓕 𝓜𝓤𝓢𝓘𝓒 —————————【６５４】——————————————— “ That's why we can never be poor. I am so happy to know that you don't belong to those for whom it is so hard to enter the Kingdom of God.” But in spite o…

サウンドオブミュージック（６５３）𝓢𝓞𝓤𝓝𝓓 𝓞𝓕 𝓜𝓤𝓢𝓘𝓒 —————————【６５３】——————————————— “ What's the matter with you ? You act as if you had madea million dollars.” “ Oh, much more,” I said. “ I have just found out that wewere not really rich,…

サウンドオブミュージック（６５２）𝓢𝓞𝓤𝓝𝓓 𝓞𝓕 𝓜𝓤𝓢𝓘𝓒 —————————【６５２】——————————————— When I saw Georg's reaction after so many worried days and nights, my joy was complete.Too much joy can' t be taken alone； it hurts.And so I hugged and sq…

サウンドオブミュージック（６５１）𝓢𝓞𝓤𝓝𝓓 𝓞𝓕 𝓜𝓤𝓢𝓘𝓒 —————————【６５１】——————————————— I came home, glowing with enthusiam. “ Aren't we lucky, Georg, that we lost thatmoney ! How would we ever have found out otherwise how fine the children ar…

サウンドオブミュージック（６５０） —————————【６５０】——————————————— Rupert, the eldest, was the only one not at home.He was in Innsbruck in a pre-medical school, andI went to see him to break the bad news that notonly his liberal allowan…

サウンドオブミュージック（６４９） —————————【６４９】——————————————— The “hundredfold reward ”set in almost immediatelywith the reaction of the children： in their completeunconcern as to whether we had a car or not, theirwillingness to t…

サウンドオブミュージック（６４８） —————————【６４８】——————————————— I felt elated, and not for my life could I look discouraged, try as I would. Did I perhaps feelfaintly —— remotely —— that we were just at the beginning of the great cre…

サウンドオブミュージック（６４７） —————————【６４７】——————————————— On top of all his worries, I was getting on his nerves too.Somehow or other, I just couldn't share his utter despair.Ever since the moment when we learned the money was …

サウンドオブミュージック（６４６） —————————【６４６】——————————————— My poor husband felt like a beggar. He was sodepressed, and I felt terribly sorry for him as I watched him walking up and down, back and forththrough the room by the hou…

サウンドオブミュージック（６４５） —————————【６４５】——————————————— We had to reduce our standard of living, give up thecar, send away six of the eight servants, keeping onlythe butler and the cook, close the big rooms downstairs and on …

サウンドオブミュージック（６４４） —————————【６４４】——————————————— Also there was a great deal of real estate, representinga nice sum. This, however, would not be touched；it was set aside to secure the future of the children. —————————…

サウンドオブミュージック（６４３） —————————【６４３】——————————————— After all, we were not exactly starving. But we had to face realities. Most of money was gone, but there was just enough left to pay the most necessary bills if one live…