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Vienna, November 7, 1899
IX., Berggasse 19
Dear Wilhelm,
Very surprised by and very grateful for your announcement and your letter, which elevated the first good day of this season to an outstanding one. I would gladly take the detour via a foreign country to gain renown. A German [patient] is especially welcome; your diagnosis, her age, everything appears to be highly promising. But she should come soon because — how strange — the very same day two other prospective patients contacted me, one an exceedingly demanding woman from Warsaw who has been with Krafft [-Ebing], and a Viennese woman; they both may turn up and will probably come to a decision in the course of this week. On the other hand, nothing may come of either one.
A practical question: so far I have placed foreign patients in the Pension Vienna on Maximilian Square (Frankgasse 8); it is run by a doctor's widow, who is very decent and if necessary will even help with the patients to some extent. People have been reasonably satisfied. There also are more elegant homes1 in the area, in my vicinity.