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Klobenstein
August 11, 1911
Dear friend,
I am replying immediately1 because I can't determine when this letter will get to you. We are already very much looking forward to your arrival. Unfortunately, it is still too hot; let us hope you will bring cooler weather with you. We have belatedly but quickly become friends with your brother from Berlin; Röschen is a charming child.2 Your brother is an optimist and claims the weather will be right when he gets to Berlin. He is leaving this morning from Upper Bolzano.
If Dr. Spitz3 is to be taken seriously, I am ready. But that is a condition for treating him; otherwise it would be too unpleasant to take on a physician as a patient. Since you recommend him warmly, it certainly seems to be in order.
Don't forget to announce your arrival so that we can reserve a good room for you.
I am totally totem and taboo. Get a good rest.4
Cordially,
Freud
A communication from Ferenczi is evidently missing here.
Zsigmond Ferenczi and his adopted daughter Rosa, who later married Werner Richter, first an officer, then a journalist. One of her sons would assume the name Ferenczi.