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Vienna, February 20, 1912
IX., Berggasse 19
Dear friend,
So, come by all means. This time it will also fulfill a need in me. I am right in the middle of a section of the paper on taboo and can present to you about half of it as finished. I will tell Elma nothing about your trip; otherwise you would have to go to her. I am not sure about the outcome
with her. After the last attempt we came to the main resistance, her desire for revenge (transferred from her father), and it has been hard going ever since. Today I was tough, and she went away with a very angry expression on her face. I knew about the letter to you. It is entirely dictated by the same desire for revenge, over which a thick veil is naturally still lying, as is the case with everything that comes up. I am making an effort to tear it.
I will refrain from writing about the various novelties in science, since I will be speaking to you in a few days.
I have the impression that the cause is progressing inexorably. In the last few days I delivered the second editions of Jokes and Gradiva,1 and now it's the fourth of Everyday Life's2 turn.
Jung has written without guile for the second time. So there won't be any storm there. In my last reply I let him hear some distant rumbling. Pfister confesses that he has found a girl, for whose sake it is worthwhile for him to seek a divorce.3
I am being tormented by a miserable cold. Everything is well at home. I await news from you before your arrival.
Kind regards,
Freud