Dearest Kitty, Bep's engaged! The news isn't much of a surprise, though none of us are particularly pleased.
Bertus may be a nice, steady, athletic young man, but Bep doesn't love him, and to me that's enough reason to advise her against marrying him.
Bep's trying to get ahead in the world, and Bertus is pulling her back; he's a laborer,
without any interests or any desire to make something of himself, and I don't think that'll make Bep happy.
I can understand Bep's wanting to put an end to her indecision; four weeks ago she decided to write him off, but then she felt even worse.
So she wrote him a letter, and now she's engaged. There are several factors involved in this engagement.
First, Bep's sick father, who likes Bertus very much. Second, she's the oldest of the Voskuijl girls
and her mother teases her about being an old maid. Third, she's just turned twenty-four, and that matters a great deal to Bep.
Mother said it would have been better if Bep had simply had an affair with Bertus.
I don't know, I feel sorry for Bep and can understand her loneliness.
In any case, they can get married only after the war, since Bertus is in hiding, or at any rate has gone underground.
Besides, they don't have a penny to their name and nothing in the way of a hope chest. What a sorry prospect for Bep, for whom we all wish the best.
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