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Vienna, January 2, 1912
IX., Berggasse 19
My dear friend,
How bitterly I feel being perhaps more perceptive and freer of illusion than others, and having to be right. When your express letter arrived, I naturally thought it would contain the news of your engagement, and I recapitulated in myself the intentions of showing no sensitivity now that you neglect the sullen old man in favor of the charming young woman, and of waiting until the both of you have forgotten my advice to the