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November 16, 1898
IX., Berggasse 19
Dear Wilhelm,
Are you up by now? For some time, I hope. I see and hear no one; the last letter, the one from your dear wife, made me extraordinarily happy; it sounded as though the worst was over. I find it very expedient that surgeons never take the pain they cause into account; if they did, they obviously would not find the courage for many a thing. I still shudder — an echo — at your heroism in the early period of our friendship. I could tolerate nothing at all.
I had a difficult time; today is the first good day, perhaps only an intervallum lucidum. And, by comparison, these are minor things one should not even mention. I was not prevented from working either.
I greatly long for news.
Most cordially,
Your
Sigm.