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r V -205- ( ' We can ijmgina th* defitt* of h±e brother and hia father in rapid succession hod filled him with such guilt that he could not enjoy tiiis idjllie situation to th# full, Perhnps the situation aroused desires in hini which he could no longer face on A conscious lewal and he could only keep these in check by either reainintug in bed and playing the part of & helpless child or absenting hluself from the situation antirely* In nfcy eaas, ha ump-t haTfl bfl*n a considerable problem to his mother who diad ' four jfl&arB after his fftther, Drt Bloch informa us that her great concern In dying wast Vhat inould became of poor Adolph, he ifl still po young*" At this tine Adolph Wde eighteen poors of ago. Ife had failed at school and had n&t gone to work* He describes himaelf at this time as a niUt-aop, which he undoubted^ wae. Maiflfllon Bxanlnatlopa to Aoadanv-of Two sooths beforw hie mother's death lie bad zone to Vienna to take the entrance examinations for Admission to the kc&dtutf of Art. At this tims he knew that his mother wnfl in a critical cdnditlon and that i t mu9 only a nattar of a fer nontbP before death would overtake her. He kn»vf thorefor*, that this eapy exlstance at hoste would shortly come to an «nd • &nd that h» would then have to face the cold, bard world on hia omit It ia songtiBieB extraordinary how events in the lifetime of an Individual fall together> The firat day's aaaignownt on the vxamination tms to draw a picture depicting REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES