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company
I
can
shed
my
burdens
so as
to
chat
with her,
and with
whom
I
can
wander
through
the dear
old woods
near
Berlin.[4]
Of
all
the dreams
I have
about
Berlin,
this
one
is
the dearest
to
me.
We will revive
our
memories
from
very long ago
and
forget
all
the bad
things
that
happened
in between.
For the time
being,
nothing
has
become of the
institute,[5]
thank God.
I will be
free
as a
bird. I
will
arrive
in
Berlin around the
10th
of
April.
On
the
8th I must be in
Paris
at
a congress
dealing
with
my
particular
area
of
work,[6]
and
before that
I
am
going
to
Holland for
a
few
days,
also in
order
to
talk
science.[7]
Kisses
from
your
Albert
Best
regards
to
your
children
and to
Uncle
&
Aunt.
510. To
Elsa Löwenthal
[Zurich,
after
11 February
1914][1]
Dear
Elsa,
Many things
have
happened
in
the meantime. Aunt
Julie
died;
I do
not
feel
any
real
sorrow
about
it,[2]
may
God
forgive
me.
I lost
a case
in
court,
which
means
that
my
landlord succeeded
in
swindling
me
out
of about
1000
fr.[3]
My
younger
boy
has
whooping cough,
a
middle-ear
infection,
and
the
flu,
and
is
very
run-down.[4]
The
physician
demands that
he be taken south
for
some
time
as soon as
his
state
of health
permits
it.[5]
This has its
good
side.
For
Miza must
go
with
him,
and
I will be
alone
in
Berlin
for
some
time.[6]
In
order
to
savor
that, I
will
probably
skip
the
congress
in
Paris[7]
and
take
a
lot of
walks
with
you.
So,
I will
probably
arrive in
Berlin
as
early
as
around
the 1st of
April.
I cannot describe how much I look forward
to it.
This
is
only a
few
weeks
away!
Kisses
from
your
Albert
Your
literary
evening
doesn't
have to wait
for
me.
I
have
already
had
enough
of
having
to
"appear"
in
public.[8]
511.
To
Elsa Löwenthal
[Zurich,
5
March
1914]
Dearest
Elsa,
Ach,
how
furious
you
will be with
wretched
me
because of
my
stubborn
silence! But
if
you saw
how
hard I'm
struggling, your
anger
would dissolve.
After
all,
you
told
me