Budapest, October 10, 1917

Dear Professor,

It appears to me as though I made the right decision about marriage after all; I see that from the consolidation of my physical health as well as the condition of my mind, which should be called normal. Sometimes I feel as if I could observe with a kind of inner perception the displacements that are taking place with my libido. In that way I get, for example, moods of tenderness and feelings of friendship with respect to you, as if I had previously been hindered in that by inhibitions.

The move of the two ladies (Frau G. and her sister) is in process.

I hope confidently that—when I can finally carry on a normal family life—I will also be capable of work. I think I will then get serious with the