Dear Marion,

Your letter arrived in my e-mail box within the hour.
I'm much appreciative of your candor and of both the
person and the individual behind the person whom that
candor reveals and conceals.

Tomorrow morning I'll get up at 3:30 a.m., to be ready 
to have breakfast with Klemens at 4, and leave with him
for the Manchester NH airport at 4:15. He is a consultant
for the dialysis company with which he works; he plans and
manages their computing systems. Their headquarters are
in Nashville TN, and he flies there regularly every month.
I very much enjoy driving him to the airport. I will fetch
him on his return Wednesday evening. All this to explain
why much to my regret, this shouldn't become a long letter.
I hope I can get to sleep soon.

I've been working on my legal brief all day, except early 
this morning when I made a few notes, in German, as is my
custom. I've been reflecting about the significance of
autobiography.

Auf Lateinisch heisst Persona Maske.
Wenn ich schreibe, wenn ich von mir schreibe,
so verfertige ich unvermeidlich eine Maske
hinter der ich mich verberge; und deshalb ist mir
das Schreiben ueber mich selbst ein Beduerfnis:
Ich tue es um mich vor der Welt zu schuetzen.
Im Grunde ist all mein Schreiben, ein Schreiben
ueber mich selbst, das Arbeiten an meiner Maske.

Man moechte annehmen, dass ich mich, indem ich
ueber mich selbst schreibe, entbloesse.  Aber das
Gegenteil ist der Fall.  Indem ich ueber mich selbst
schreibe, verstecke ich mich, und wenn ich fleissig
bin und sehr viel schreibe, wird mich keiner finden
koennen.

My very best wishes for your trip. I hope that you
will find what you are looking for, and that when you
return you will be inclined to resume our correspondence
which has been for me both edifying and constructive.

Gute Reise.

Jochen