Dear Cyndy,

Thank you for your letter. As the attached first page
of the Court's memorandum shows, I lost my case. I will
appeal, but with little expectation of success. The 
experience resembles in some respects an illness with
a sudden onset, or an accident that I might have seen
coming. I won't complain. I won't belittle the loss,
but neither will I exaggerate it. Whether this event
will serve to scuttle my Nantucket building project
or only to delay it, remains to be seen. I will enjoy
writing my brief and arguing my case before the appeals
court. I have no idea what will happen afterwards.

We'll probably leave for Konnarock Monday morning.
I'll take copies of all the legal documents along,
and should be able to start working on the argument.
I also hope to make significant progress on my novel,
to which I've recently managed to make some meaningful
additions. Today however my mind was under somewhat
of a cloud; ideas didn't want to come, and under the
circumstances I thought working on my legal project
was the better choice. How the trip will affect my
state of mind remains to be seen. If I manage to
set up and connect my computer, as I think I will,
I'll write to you from Virginia.
Meanwhile stay well, and give my best to Ned.
Jochen