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28,
29
JULY
1914 37
28. To Elsa Einstein
[Berlin,
before
30 July
1914][1]
My
dearest
Darling,
Now I
can’t
even
pick you up
at
the
train and take
you
into
my
arms.[2]
For
my
wife is returning
a
few
hours before
you
to
make
a
last
attempt
at
preventing
the
divorce.[3]
But
I
am
firmly
resolved
to
carry
the
matter
through.
I
won’t be
able
to
see you
until
everything
has been
fought
out.
But
wait
until
you can
make
me
forget
with
a
kiss
the hard
events
that
have
to
take
place
now!
With
a
hug
from
your
Ahusband.
29.
To
Elsa Einstein
[Berlin,
30 July
1914][1]
Dear
Else,
The last battle
has been
fought. Yesterday my
wife
left for
good
with the
children.[2]
I
was
at
the
railway
station
and
gave
them
a
last
kiss. I
cried
yesterday,
bawled
like
a
little
boy yesterday
afternoon and
yesterday
evening
after
they
had
gone.
Haber
accompanied
me
to
the station
(9 o’clock)
and
then
spent
the
evening
with
me.
Without him
I would
not have
managed
to do it.
I
am glad
that
you
are
not here
now;[3]
you
could not have
withstood
these harsh events.
Yesterday
morning
I
spoke
with her
for
the
last
time;
we
parted
rancorously.[4]
She
perceives
my
conduct
as
a
crime
against
her and the
children.
But
I
know that it
was
the
best
that
I
could have
done,
even
if
the children
are
completely
alienated from
me.
I know
my
wife
well
enough
to
know
that
with her characteristic
consistency
she
will erect
a
wall between
me
and
the
boys
similar
to
the
one
she
had
attempted
to
build between
me
and
my
family.
You,
d[ear]
little
Else,
will
now
become
my
wife
and become convinced that
it
is
not at
all
so
hard
to live
by my
side. I
know
that
you are
capable
of it. After
so
many years you
will
again
be able
to
govern
and
manage
the
house
freely,
and
all
the little
people
will
do
you
honor. Your
parents
are
pleased,
and
even
Haber
is
wholeheartedly glad
for
your
sake
for
getting
what he had
strenuously helped
to
gain
for
you.[5]
He is
convinced
that
you
will
do
a
good job.
What
do
Ilse
and
Margot say
to this?
Haber has
impressed upon
me
that
we
must be
dreadfully
careful
so
that
we,
i.e.,
you
do
not
become
the
subject
of idle
gossip.
Do not
go
out alone!
Haber
will
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