Letter from Sigmund Freud to Ernest Jones, January 4, 1931

4 January 1931
Vienna, IX. Berggasse 19

Dear Jones,

I sincerely regret that you paid for your trip to Paris with otitis, but I may assume from your remark that you are now well again. Your relationship with Eitingon pleased me very much. You, he, and Ferenczi are indeed the crucial individuals in the I.P.V., whose future will depend mainly on unanimity among you.

I hope you will not be annoyed if I do not receive Robson-Scott. I am turning away all visitors, and do not think that because of his bad behavior he deserves to be an exception. Through his visit he probably wants to gather fresh material for difficulties in his analysis.

Despite continuing torments with the prosthesis, my health is not bad; in Berlin and here I have gained a total of 6¹/₂ kilos in weight. The pleasure of smoking will always remain restricted.

Recently I received the Japanese translation of Alltagslebens,1 but not from Yabe. I am afraid I caused a slight confusion there.

It is not yet too late to wish you and your reconstructed family all the best for 1931.

Cordially yours,

Freud