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Vienna, December 2, 1914
IX., Berggasse 19
Dear friend,
Received your letter today. Also regret breaking off the promising analysis. One has to think it has been seen to that the trees don't grow up to heaven. On the other hand, if war hadn't come, you wouldn't have had any reason to spend your vacation in Vienna, and I might have had reservations about taking you on. Still, the situation remains disagreeable.
You may conclude from my silence over the dream of Lot's wife only that I wanted to wait for you to send in this little publication before I expressed myself about it. What should I have against it?
Sachs was freed today; next we expect to hear the same from Rank, who is defending himself against the fatherland like a lion.1 Relatively contented letters from both boys in Salzburg and Klagenfurt.2 My wife is returning from Hamburg today. Rank will send you a circulating letter from Jones to me.3
My visit to Pápa has not been given up, by any means. I look forward to your communications about the practicable train connections. But it would not be doable in the near future, which has to do with my work. I have fared in this matter as the Germans have in the war. The first successes were surprisingly easy and great, and they thus tempted me to