The Jail/Chapter II
II.
—————————————————————————————but as long as in Galicia——————— ———————————and in Bohemia Prince Thun————————————————————————————————after the break-through at Gorlice————————————————————————————coaxed Thun into believing————————————————————————————————————Thun finally realised that he was ill————————————and was———————————————————————————no wonder, with such management————————————————————And so——————on May 21 1915. Dr. Kramář was arrested——————————trees blossomed———————————————————the Vltava murmured——————Dr. Preminger Imperial Counsellor——walked about Vienna and comforted people: Dr. Kramář————————————————————————————heart in the right place————In the Ringstrasse——————————————carriage————justice—————————blind old man———————————————————————————Two Czech ministers, Zenker and Trnka—————————Spanish dance—————————nonsense if nevertheless——————At the Hernalser Gürtel———————circular tower————etc. My readers saw how the first chapter of my "Jail" was deleted last week by the censor, — the Hernalser Gürtel throughout its existence has never really been so clean, and I should very much enjoy sending there the responsible authorities concerned with their craze for cleanliness.———and when I saw the number in question, my first feeling was one of joy; so the censor is not dead, on the contrary, he is working, and that is a proof that——————it thereupon occurred to me that if this went on, I should prepare my "Jail" for the censor alone, and my readers would see very little of it. So I determined that I would wait until————————and then I would write my "Jail". Then in order to show my readers what the second chapter and the remainder would look like, I censored then myself, and I am inquisitive to know whether our beloved censor will nevertheless discover some connection between the fragments of sentences that are left and the endangered interests of the state, and whether he will swallow up still more of them.
————————————————————————————I can wait——————one of us———and then———————celebrations in Prague———obituary.