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Budapest, May 29, 1923
Dear Professor,
I was pleased to have seen you in complete work capacity and in a good mood,1 and share your favorable opinion about the malady, that is to say, its prognosis. Still, I would be very grateful to you if you would be so kind as to have a postcard come my way from time to time with the bulletin— no matter how laconically it may be composed.
The impression that Rank's communications made on me2 grows with distance. I think you should make certain concesssions to him with regard to the mode of communication. I am convinced that he is quite willing to talk through the individual chapters with you and to leave out the hasty statements, perhaps perpetrated in enthusiasm, or entire chapters.
Enclosed I send you a recently published lead article from the Parisian “Figaro,” “L'amnésie du Dr. Freud”3—certainly a sign that the ball has started rolling in France as well. Abel Hermant, the author, is one of the most gifted belletrists of the last few decades. I recommend to you the reading of his humorous anecdote “Les Transatlantiques”;4 the best parody of the Americans.
I will refer to the few events in the Society in the Rundbrief.
My intention not to go to Oxford is predominant for the time being. In the middle of June I intend to close up shop in order to go through with the operation. The X-ray examination done yesterday shows no retrosternal5 swelling of the thyroid; so, it probably has only to do with disturbances caused by a lousy goiter by impeding the circulation and irritating the nerves. By stopping work early I do, to be sure, lose two weeks of bread-winning—still, I wouldn't like to shorten my vacation by two weeks, or calculate the weeks of the operation and convalescence in with the vacation.
Many regards to all your dear housemates and to you.
Yours,
Ferenczi