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15 January 1917
69 Portland Court, London
Dear Professor,
I had looked forward to a letter this Christmas, but probably the postal difficulties and delays are increasing; I hope you got my letter sent early in November. Van Emden kindly sent me the first volume of your lectures, and I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed them. I seemed to hear your voice speaking all through. They are very persuasive, in spite of the initial warning in the first lecture, and ought to have wide success. I am writing articles on Dream Analysis and Psychotherapy for a huge Encyclopedia of Education. Unfortunately, through a mistake, Constance Long (Jung) is writing on ψα, but I hope to checkmate her. Then I have to prepare a second, enlarged edition of my book (Papers).1 There is formidable opposition here, chiefly focussed in one venomous and unscrupulous man, Mercier, and backed by anti-German prejudice, but I hold my own, being used to standing alone. On the other hand our India office has just submitted to me officially as a test of the value of ψα, the case of a valuable officer, whom they consider incurable; I have been treating him for 51/2 months and am hopeful of the result, which if successful would be important.
I have recently parted with Lina, and set her up in a little flat and found work for her. She has been with me for over three years, which is long enough time to spend with such a character. It has been very difficult lately and altogether I feel I have paid heavily for my sin against her and Loe. I now have a housekeeper of 50 who shines with respectability. Loe telephoned to me this week. The morphia had gone up again to 15 gr. (1 grm), and she is now making a final and determined effort to abolish it, in three stages. The circumstances are favourable, as Herbert is now well, and they are happily settled.
I had a postcard from Rank, with not much news. I hope he has been able to keep on his room in Wien, of which he was so proud. I shall be able to help him financially