Dear Marion,

Thank you for your letter. We would very much like
to see you and to have you stay with us in Belmont
(for as long as you like) when you return from France
on August 7. Because our plans are unavoidably uncertain, -
it's not only the Court, it's Margaret's 89 and my 83 years
which make life and death uncertain, - it would help me to
know the last day on which you can change your flight from
Boston to Minneapolis without inconvenience. Money should
not be an issue; I'd be glad to reimburse you for the
expense of changing the flight. My present plan is to 
return to Konnarock soon after the hearing, then to come 
back to Belmont in early August to see you (and perhaps 
a few patients), then back to Konnarock until the appeal 
is docketed some time in October.

As you may infer from the e-mail I forwarded to you,
I've made some effort to provide Jürgen with the documents
for which he asked. It will be interesting to see what,
if anything, he makes of them. My work on the novel has
to compete with maintenance chores, such as mowing the 
lawn, cleaning the house and doing the laundry; I have
various ideas which I wish to explore. From time to time
I'll send you fragments to which you needn't reply. I
hope that you are hally and (relatively) well and that
your work does not get out of control.

Jochen