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Budapest, October 19, 1911
VII., Erzsébet-Körút 54
Dear Professor,
One is so very much under the influence of deeply rooted feelings of obligation that I hesitated for a moment about whether or not to send you the enclosed letter from Frau Jung,1 despite direct instructions not to do so. But my hesitation didn't last more than a minute, for I saw immediately that the only instrumental thing is to compose the answer to the letter in collaboration with you, that is to say, seek your advice about it.
My suggestion would be that I write Frau Jung a calming letter in which I assure her (and with a good conscience) that I have noticed nothing in the way of resistances from you, and I will encourage her at the same time to direct herself to you, without subjecting herself to the risk of being misunderstood.
But, if necessary, I request your immediat response as to what, if anything, I should change in the text of this planned letter.
I presume that Jung is now going through a period similar to the one I experienced in Sicily: the dissatisfaction with the incomplete intimacy with his teacher (father). Frau Jung, who, by the way, really thinks and