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23 December 1912
Pension Rose
12 Via Gregoriana, Roma
Dear Professor Freud,
I was very happy to get your letter, a fortnight ago, and have given you a few days' intermission of peace before writing again. The good news about my wife was splendid, and was confirmed by a letter I got from her yesterday (the first for a month, one being lost en route). You know how deeply my feelings are involved, and that nothing touches me so nearly as news about her welfare. She seems to have bourne the illness first of the dog, then of the maid, with excellent spirit, though no doubt with great activity.
I hope that in the holidays you may find time to look into the book about Rome, and that it will give you some pleasure. Hutton seems to have taken on some of the mantel of Walter Pater, though with a greater sadness. I was struck by one sentence in particular, where, making light