and the next day (and there are many such days), we're frightened, and the fear, tension and despair can be read on our faces.
Miep and Mr. Kugler bear the greatest burden for us, and for all those in hiding—Miep in everything she does
and Mr. Kugler through his enormous responsibility for the eight of us, which is sometimes so overwhelming
that he can hardly speak from the pent-up tension and strain.
Mr. Kleiman and Bep also take very good care of us, but they're able to put the Annex out of their minds,
even if it's only for a few hours or a few days.
They have their own worries, Mr. Kleiman with his health and Bep with her engagement, which isn't looking very promising at the moment.
But they also have their outings, their visits with friends, their everyday lives as ordinary people,
so that the tension is sometimes relieved, if only for a short while,
while ours never is, never has been, not once in the two years we've been here.
How much longer will this increasingly oppressive, unbearable weight press down on us?
The drains are clogged again. We can't run the water, or if we do, only a trickle;
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