Conversation so far:
What happened to Hoffmann in the provinces?
and he started to become "what school principals, parsons, uncles, and aunts call dissolute..
Why caused that?
Masovia.
This was the first time he had lived without supervision by members of his family, and.

Question: How did he deal with that?
Self-contained rewrite: How did Hoffman deal with Masovia and living without supervision by members of his family?