Dear Cyndy,

Thank you for your letter.

I'm glad you're back safely from your long trip
to Canaan. I very much hope the edema doesn't recur,
or in any case not severe and not often.

The development in the case which seemed hopeful
to you has fizzled. Mr. Pucci suggested compromise
because he doesn't have a case; but we all know,
and especially the Nantucket authorities know, that
the courts will bend the law in the Town's favor.
I have no idea what will happen at the Hearing, but 
I'm not counting on anything.

Meanwhile I've been taking care of Margaret,
working on my novel, and exchanging letters with
my new neighbor's father, Niels Holger Nielsen in
Heidelberg, who, like myself, is frustrated in his
efforts to understand his world. On July 21,
at 5:30 p.m. Margaret and I will meet Klemens at the 
Charlotte NC, airport, then we will drive about 170 
miles back to Konnarock, spend the night here, and 
on the following morning set out for Belmont with
Klemens doing most of the driving. I will have two 
weeks for any last minute preparations that the 
Hearing might require.

What we will do afterwards, depends on what transpires 
at the Hearing. If there's no occasion for yet another
appeal, Margaret and I may return to Konnarock for
another 2 months - but at this juncture the middle
of August seems a long way off.

I hope you can stay relatively well and happy.
Please give my regards to Ned.

Jochen