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Vienna, February 13, 1896
Dearest Wilhelm,
I am so lonely, and therefore so delighted by your letter, that I am using the quiet after today's consulting hours to reply.
First of all, so as not to withhold anything from you: the newest publication is an extract from the so-called Christmas fairy tale I fashioned for you—somewhat more objective and toned down.
I am, of course, very much looking forward to your nose-sex. In the clinics here they are preparing counterarticles against you. I could not find out more than that. The criticism will not affect you any more than Strümpell's criticism affected me; truly, I need no consolation for that one. I am so certain that both of us have got hold of a beautiful piece of objective truth, and we can do without recognition from strangers (strangers to the subject matter) for a long time to come. We shall find many more things, I hope, and correct ourselves before anyone catches up with us. If you do not like Munich, let us meet somewhere else for three scientific days; I certainly will not give up on it.
I would indeed like to have Breuer's letter; in spite of everything, I find it very painful that he has so completely removed himself from my life. He is, by the way, generally ill-humored and not too well.
The article by Berger will follow.
My brother is a strange fellow, but is obviously feeling very well.
My poor Martha is leading a life full of harassments. True, Annerl is doing beautifully and Mathilde suffered so little from her illness that today we are sending her with my sister Dolfi to the Sulz [Valley]; but to make up for it, Martin has fallen ill today, and now it will probably make the rounds. Let us hope the illness will be light. Our living conditions obviously are not very conducive to isolation.
My state of health does not deserve to be a subject of inquiry. Last week there was a recrudescence of the suppuration on the left side, migraines rather frequently; the necessary abstinence is hardly doing me much good. I hav