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Vienna, March 9, 1901
IX., Berggasse 19
Dear Wilhelm,
Many thanks for your kind offer, but the opportunity seems to have passed. I have not heard since from the party concerned.
The measles have taken quite a bad turn. The day before yesterday at noon Sophie developed alarming toxic manifestations, enormous acceleration of pulse, cardiac dyspnea, arrhythmias, and septic confusion. She has improved since yesterday afternoon, except for a kind of toxic mania which has greatly changed this gentle child. The other two, Ernst and Anna, are beginning to recover from their exhaustion today. Next will be earaches and the like.
Mathilde, moreover, is in bed and today is going through her worst day. Yesterday I hired a nurse to help us. Oscar once again is marvelous. My indebtedness is becoming quite onerous.
I just heard from Ziehen in Utrecht that he will accept both works. On Thursday I concluded that nothing would come of my trip [to Berlin] and the following night (Thursday/Friday) I dreamed that I was in Berlin and saw your children, of course mixing in all sorts of things from my house.
Most cordial greetings.
Your
Sigm.