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Obertressen, August 12, 1896
My dear Wilhelm,
Not so uncertain. I have just returned from a second little trip to Lichtensteinklamm; the first one was to the Schafberg and Salzburg. I am rapidly recovering. All deliria have the characteristic of victory; I am once again catching myself at creative attempts. Now I soon have to see how you are and hear what I can learn from you. You intend to be in the Brühl the last week of August, which does
not help me since I shall not be in Vienna. I stubbornly insist on point 4 of our congress stipulations: congresses are not to be held in either Vienna or Berlin. This doesn't mean anything. As I did in my youth (Hirschbühel, Salzburg, do you remember?), I want to walk and eat with you again as the kind of reanimation that also succeeded in Dresden. (Your dear Ida should skip this passage lest Breuer's seeds begin to ripen in her.1) I have time only until the last day of this month, when I want to begin my tour of Italy, of which you approve. Everything is indefinite, though; I cannot give you all the details of the many complications in the plans of this extensive family. It is probably easier for you to come to a decision. Let me know very soon when you will be available, with due consideration for your special dates and other plans, between now and the end of the month, and whether and to what extent the location will be a function of the time of the month. I want this to be a proper, vigorous congress, like the last one, with less complaining and greater receptivity on my part.
It gives me a little satisfaction that you are becoming conservative with regard to your head, to start with. As for the rest, let us experience it together.
I congratulate your boy upon his first tooth and his child's obedience. With us, all are uncommonly well except my recently married sister, who is slowly recovering from a miscarriage. Annerl is dully voracious and has six unobserved teeth, thanks to her unscientific mother. Sopherl, who is three a