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Vienna, November 19, 18991
IX., Berggasse 19
Dear Wilhelm,
On Sunday, the 12th, in the afternoon I again fell ill, for reasons unknown to me, with ill humor that continued, intensified with heart and head migraines, and terminated completely with a head migraine on Thursday, so that since then I have not only been well but downright merry. I want to keep this periodic mild depression under observation; its meaning is entirely unclear to me. The attack was shorter than the previous one, which I likewise reported to you faithfully.
I spent Thursday in Budapest, summoned by a patient, but it did not turn out to be particularly remunerative. I returned Friday morning to find Miss G., accompanied by Miss E. Today I gave her the first lecture. Naturally, I as yet know nothing about her other than what Miss E. has told me. She is still a rough lump of unhappiness, appears to be obstinate and withdrawn, and is covered with a thick institutional patina, which will need to be scraped off first. The disparity in living conditions compared to the institution naturally will at first make her very dissatisfied. There they tried to cure her with common sympathy and by interesting her in art folios (Hirth collection), for the rest leaving her to her fantasies. Well, we shall see. If she sticks with it, you will hear everything about this case, for which I am indebted to you.
She has taken a room in one of the boardinghouses I mentioned, but is discontent there. I shall stay out of it, because I would exhaust myself trying to satisfy her demands, which in part are neurotic and