Status Updates From Der Zauberberg

What a pleasant day of reading! I read a lot and plan to knock out a few more pages before I inevitably fall asleep. Book's been great, especially the chapters where Naphta isn't in them. I'm much more interested in the plot than in the philosophical discussion. I like the latter, but the former is what I'm here for. Other than that, the future's looking grim. No plans for the future, ladies and gent, no plans at all

The person slamming the dining room door is Madame Chauchat and she sits at the good Russian table. Hans Castorp has found red traces of blood on his handkerchief when he drew in air through his mouth.

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Miss Robinson was reading the same letter in the same rounded hand that she had been reading that morning. Apparently she could speak not a word of German and did not wish to.