Dear Cyndy,

Thank you for your letter. I'm sad for you that you won't be able to attend the
Harvard graduation ceremonies. Lamentation, of course, makes such a situation
only more painful, and it seems best to accept it as one of those facts of life
which one takes in stride.  I have three more patients, two tomorrow and one on
Monday. Then I will clean the house and make sure there are enough towels and 
bed linen. When that is done, I'll start packing and then, I hope before the 
beginning of May, Margaret and I will set out for Konnarock. It's possible
but not at all certain that we will return before May 26th.

Please ask both Elizabeth and Jill to get in touch with me by e-mail 
so that I can advise them about the peculiarities of this old house.  
I know that these are difficult times for you, and I wish that expressions
of sympathy, rather than demonstrating the impossibility of understanding,
could make them easier for you.

Jochen