anything new made since the outbreak of the war, but he had a lot of things repaired and remade.
He looks good, better than before the war. He certainly gained weight. He feels great; he has not been ill even once since the war started.
On his usual working day, he sits at home, moves around, reads newspapers, and waits for customers. If someone comes, he takes care of the issue quickly, and moves around every hour [. . .] out into the street, asks about the exchange rate. Later, he visits his trader to check if he is needed. In the summer, he stays around the yard for hours, talking to neighbours about politics, domestic affairs, or trivial things. Almost every day in the evening he visits his friends, where he talks about politics and plays cards. He likes coming to the house club to play [. . .] There is not much difference between a weekday and a holiday. He usually goes to bed early (except for nights when he is playing at the club). He gets up early as well, around 8 a.m. [4] Before the war, he had lived a much richer and more interesting life. His favourite pastime was the cinema. He also liked going to pubs and cafes. He liked drinking, but not too much.
Today, he is no longer [. . .] goes from time to time to the theatre (“Femina”, “Nowy Teatr Kameralny” [New Chamber Theatre]), but he avoids cafés, because he thinks that “they are not safe”.
He drinks less frequently than before the war, but never refuses a glass when “there is an occasion”, in which case he drinks much more than before the war. Cards are his new habit. As we said, he is happy to play and the stakes are high. He says that he usually wins.
Before the war, he did not consider himself to be a late-bloomer and he already had some experience. Now, he has a closer relationship with a girl he has known since before the war. It seems that he is serious about marriage, and the only reason stopping him from following through is the difficult material situation of his partner.
Before the war, he was considered a smart boy with broad interests. He used to study history, which was a passion of his, it would seem. He read a lot and happily took part in discussions. Both at school and at university, he was a good and diligent student. Today, all that is gone without a trace. His only real interest is politics. He regularly buys German newspapers, also gets British news, and military events are the only subject you can still discuss with him. He admits that he does not go to the library and actually does not
