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Vienna, June 23, 1912
IX., Berggasse 19
Dear friend,
These last two weeks were the most work all year. Even on Sunday, not a trace of freedom. This only as an excuse.
I am very eager to hear your news and also which evening you want to spend with us. It remains firm that we will travel together in September, if you don't have anything better to do. Brill also wants to visit us around this time and will probably join us for a while. But where are we going?
I approve very much in spirit of your paper against Putnam. You remain the one who wants to put the bell around the cat's neck. But recently I energetically came to your defense against Bleuler.1
The news here is the presence of Pfister and Jones, both of whom also participated in the evening on the Konstantinhügel. Pfister was asked by my grand patient2 to help for a week with a withdrawal process. He is worthy, as always; his love story3 is not going well, also something like the situation where the girl doesn't really know her feelings. He knew little of an intimate nature about Zurich because he is not being taken into confidence much there, but even according to his information, there is no doubt about the independence movement there. Jones brought me his wife4 for preliminary treatment, for which he has finally obtained her agreement;