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Vienna, May 24, 1898
IX., Berggasse 19
Dear Wilhelm,
I am ready now. The next chapter (formation of dreams) is finished; my interest is freed again. It does not matter to me at all where you want to enjoy my surprise about your primeurs1 — in my usual egoism I did not consider the long train ride to Graz. You could certainly be my guest in the city apartment for those two days, but you really do not know how I loathe the city of Vienna. A little bit of atmosphere and greenery, in conjunction with it [the congress], would be very good for my mood? For this reason I am still going to ask you whether you would like to drive up the Kahlenberg or take a boat to Bratislava, or go to the Thalhof in Reichenau. Unfortunately, I do not have a postal balloon at my disposal; otherwise I would not have done without you for five months.
The children left for Aussee yesterday. Martha and Mathilde will stay here over Whitsun.
In these last days there was more to do and something to be