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333. To Elsa Einstein
[Leyden,] Thursday [9 October 1924]
Dear Else,
Ehrenfest[1]
already has a bad conscience on my behalf because I still haven’t
written. But all’s well. Caesar and Mathilde were very
sweet.[2]
They claimed not
to have known anything about your adventure that was supposed to have brought
you into discredit. Then I came here via Utrecht. We’re industrious and conducting
experiments. Best regards to all of you from your
Albert.
334. To Elsa Einstein
[Leyden,] Friday [10 October 1924]
Dear Else,
It’s not true that I said that I’m going to
Jerusalem.[1]
It’s also not true that I was
mistaken in my paper that I had based upon Bose’s. Ehrenfest is only faulting a nu-
ance; Laue, nothing at
all.[2]
A pity that the matter with Maja is going
awry.[3]
Why
didn’t you send a telegram? K. has spoken with B. N. and has cautioned
me.[4]
I
forgot to take along the documentation for
Teubner.[5]
He’ll just have to wait if he
wants to get something. I’m working experimentally while here.
Best regards from your
Albert.
335. To Betty Neumann
[Leyden, 10 October 1924]
Motto: On the roof sits an old man
Who’s doesn’t quite know what to do
Dear Betty,
It’s bitter enough for me, as it is, that I must let my favorite little toy be taken
away from me and that I should restrict myself to thinking and furrowing my brow.
But this is what’s going on inside of me:
First voice: You’re a rotten fellow that for your pleasure you gamble with a
young creature’s future. How is she supposed to come to like another if she hangs