Küsnach bei Zürich, 15 November 1909

Pater, peccavi1—it is indeed a scandal to have kept you waiting 25 days for an answer. From the last paragraph of your letter it is clear why the intervals need to be shorter: you seem to be very isolated in Vienna. Eitingon's company cannot be counted among the highest joys. His vapid intellectualism has something exasperating about it. If I appear to be such a sterile and lazy correspondent it is because I am positively wallowing in people and social life here. I spend much of my time with young Honegger—he is so intelligent and subtle-minded. Hardly a day goes by without an exchange of ideas. Thus I