Vienna, December 7, 1901
IX., Berggasse 19

Dear Wilhelm:

Mrs. D. has just said good-bye. The concerns I expressed to you after the first two weeks were not wholly unjustified. As you know, her husband forcibly interfered with the treatment, giving considerations of time and money as his reasons, although — entirely in accord with your explanations — these may have been put forward only to mask his jealousy. Finally he sent a letter that made it impossible to utilize the extension he had conceded until the 19th of this month. I myself advised her to return home immediately. In general, the man behaved so offensively toward me that it took a good deal of effort on my part to go through with it as long as I did.

The treatment was so short — ten weeks — that any permanent cure is out of the question. Nor can I predict how things will go with the patient in the immediate future. On the other hand, the matter