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DOCS.
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477
OCTOBER
1913
been here
a
few
days;[10]
thank
God,
her
young
countryman keeps
her rather
busy;
this
is perhaps
the
reason
why
she
arrived
so punctually.
She did
not
ask
about
you,
but
I
think
all
the
same
that
she
does
not
underestimate
how
important
you are
to
me.
Without
my having
encouraged
her
in
any way, my
mother comforted
me by saying
that
I will
soon
be
near
you.
She
does
not
give any
indication of the delicate adventure that
she
had
with
you,[11]
nor
does she
suspect
that
I know
about
it. She is
obviously sorry
and
will
certainly try
hard
to
make
things good again
as
much
as
possible. Miza[12]
and
she
tread
warily
around each
other, not
exactly gracefully,
but
in
a
droll
way.
Pardon
me
for the
hodgepodge
I
am dishing
up
here
for
you;
but
you are
now
my
comrade,
so
you
get everything
served
by me
"as is."
If
you
want to
make
me very happy,
then
do
the
same.
After
all,
one
experiences
everything
in life
higgledy-piggledy.
Kisses to
you
and
to
my
little
stepchildren
Ilse and
Margot[13]
from
your
Albert
The
bristly
girlfriend
you gave me[14]
cannot
complain
of
lack
of attentiveness
on
my
part.
In other
respects
as
well,
I
will
gladly
submit
to
the
kindly
dictatorial
powers
which
my
friend
and
impresario Haber[15]
conferred
upon
you!
Cordial
greetings
to
Ludwig
Kraft.
477.
To
George
Hale
Zurich, 14
October
1913
Highly
esteemed
Colleague,
A
simple
theoretical consideration
shows the
plausibility
of
the
assumption
that
light
rays
experience
a
deviation
in
the
gravitational
field.
Grav.
field
light
rays
At
the
edge
of the
sun
this
deviation
should
amount to
0.84"
and
decrease
as
distance from
the
center
of the
sun).[1]
R
(R
=
0.84"
star
It
would
therefore
be
of the
greatest
interest
to know the
greatest
proximity
to
the
sun
at
which
bright
fixed stars
can
still be
seen
by
day
(without
solar
eclipse)
when
maximal
magnifications are
applied.[2]