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15 March 1912
407 Brunswick Avenue
Toronto
Dear Professor Freud,
I was so happy to get your letter this week. It did my heart much good, and will be a source of fresh stimulus to me. Thank you again and again.
First let me talk a little about my wife. I am glad to say that she has been better in every way, except of course that the morphia is the same as before. We have been happier this winter than ever before, and have been very, very near together. She is also more hopeful about herself, and her attitude towards psycho-analysis seems to have changed to some extent, though of course one cannot be sure that this latter is deep; the resistances must still be there. Only recently she wistfully wondered whether a time would come when she might again be interested in my work and help me in it, as she used to in the days that I did only neurology. One thing I am sure of, and that is that she has a more sincere desire to get well than ever before. She has been for some time trying to overcome her inhi[bi]tion about writing, so that she might write a letter to you; I do not know what it will be about, but it will probably give you a better idea of her state of mind that [than] I can. I cannot tell you how anxious I am to get her well again if possible; there is hardly any sacrifice I would not make to achieve this. As you may imagine, her thoughts about yourself have been greatly influenced by my attitude towards you, and of late her wish has grown stronger and stronger that you should treat her, and no one else. I do not know if this could be possible, but I am afraid that if not she will be very disappointed and disheartened. I also have been doubting whether Maeder has enough skill and experience to deal with her resistances, and not to provoke them in a fatal way. Perhaps I am influenced too much by her attitude in this, and also by the natural desire to get the best for one's wife. I know it would be difficult for you to think of this, but we would make any financial ar