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4 June 1922
Vienna, IX. Berggasse 19
Dear Jones,
This is the letter I promised you; the persons subjected to analysis are obviously Mrs. Riviere and—you, my practical remarks will come up in the rear.
Somehow I imagine I guess your opinion of me in this matter. You think Mrs. R. has put on her sweetest face and moods, has taken me in completely and seduced me to defend her against you in a chivalrous manner, so that now I am a puppet in her hands, show her the letters I get from you and give you away to her. I am sure you are wrong and I feel rather sorry there should be a need to point it out to you. But if I have misconstrued your opinion I beg you will pardon me.
A secondary analysis like this is no easy or pleasant task. Special duties were imposed on me which I am to discharge with the least possible damage to the parties concerned. You were not consistent on the matter of her coming over to me, but finally you took the stand that you had sent her for finishing and correcting the analysis she had with you. You confessed to some technical errors in analysis which you regretted in so serious a tone that I was led into a misconception about the nature of your wrong. Now this situation given you must be prepared to my taking her side, defending her interest and even turning against you in favour of her analysis. It means simply doing my duty as an analyst. It would not have worked, had I announced from the very beginning your dissension with Dr. J. must not be mentioned in our analysis or: Be sure, whenever you were at variance with him you must have been wrong and he right, for he