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Berlin
8 April 1914
Dear Professor,
Many thanks for your detailed letter! I do not want to answer it now, but only to tell you what I would have written to you in any case today.
Our little daughter's illness turned out on Sunday to be measles; in the meantime it has already passed, having taken a very mild course. But a journey together with wife and children is now out of the question. As I can now go away alone for a few days without worries about the children, I had the idea of spending Easter in Vienna. I was just going to ask you whether I would not be coming at an inconvenient time for you, when I heard from you that your youngest daughter is ill, and then you mention something about a journey you have planned, about which I have no details.
I am asking now for some brief information (by telegram, if you like) as to whether you are going away over Easter, when you are going, and in this case whether I can meet you somewhere on the way. As I have reasons for being back here on Tuesday, a journey too far south would, of course, not be worth while. Personally, I am most anxious to know whether I would not disturb you.
It goes without saying, as the state of health is still a little uncertain here, that I could not guarantee that I would appear, and so I beg you not to orientate your plans towards mine in any way!
With best wishes for your health and for your daughter's quick recovery, and with cordial greetings,
Yours,
Karl Abraham