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Im Feld,1 Seestrasse, Küsnach bei Zürich
2 June 1909
Dear Professor Freud,
Frl. E—has just put in an appearance. Many thanks for your kind attention, also for the reminder about Adler, for whom I enclose a letter. Would you be good enough to send it on to him? Because of the total disarray of my belongings, I have for the moment mislaid his address. This last miserable week should now be followed by festive days,2 for it really was a bad week, only my wife has kept her head above water. Luckily this entry into my tusculum by the lake was a climax a minori ad majus. I only wish you could, by your timely presence, shower the appropriate blessings on this abode. I am just beginning to guide my thoughts back into rectilinear channels, until now I haven't been able to concentrate on a thing. Although we began the move last Tuesday, only four rooms are really finished today. In the dining room, for instance, not even the floor is ready.
But enough of this! Your last letter sounded rather annoyed,3 no doubt because of the affect I poured out over the unfortunate questionnaire. Still, I don't think I stand on too bad a footing with Abraham. I asked him to go on with the abstracts and he consented most willingly. I think the modus vivendi has been found. I have very good news of Seif in Munich; he is working hard on psychanalysis and is full of enthusiasm. Have you seen Marcinowski's paper?4 I