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Baden Baden, December 4, 1921
Dear Professor,
The letters to a lady-friend are now completed. I could continue a little while longer yet it seems to me enough for the first go. I am about to do some revision on them, shall try and cut out everything that is hostile and make them as readable as possible. A few of them I still like, yet overall I think there is too much irony. The talks from which they originated were full of enthusiasm and that seems to be hidden now behind the laughing mask.
Meanwhile Ferenczi has been here. I had a lot of pleasure from his visit and hope that he, too, liked me and my people. He promised to come again and I think he will keep this promise. Apart from the enjoyment we will get from his visit he can do with it, too. We profited a lot from each other.
So far I am content with the substitution. Yet it remains a substitution and does not exonerate me from the promise that I shall torture you incessantly until you come here in person. Baden Baden is worth a visit and neither Troll62 nor I myself missed the opportunity of asking both the Ferenczis about Freud's wishes and needs. You cannot know what part this often dreamed-of fantasy plays in my life.
I shall send you the manuscript of the letters63 ready for printing towards the end of the month. Printing can then be started at any time. For January and February I shall return to the wilderness again and shall start the second part of The Seeker of Souls. This will keep me busy for next year. Ferenczi's Critique made me very happy. He brought it along to Baden. Mrs. Ferenczi64 came, too. The two women made friends and we still talk a lot about their visit.