Dear Alex,

Thank you for your phone calls and for your e-mail. I am much embrrassed by
and apologetic for my emotional outbursts over the phone. Please forgive me.
I owe you the explanation that my distress was caused by your letter only
indirectly. The immediate cause was strong criticism of me by Klemens who
endorsed and vastly amplified your complaint. I could have coped with my
distress by kissing Margaret and holding her hand; but this relief was
denied me by Janet who had previously insisted that I stay out of the room
when she was attending to Margaret, and who had declined to comply with
my specific request that she not come to visit Margaret today (Aug 18)
and give me a chance to recover my bearings. I was trapped. I did not
want to leave the house and leave Margaret yet I was not allowed to be 
with her. It was this entrapment which precipitated my despair and my rage.

All that is now behind us. Janet had relented and has permitted me to
be with Margaret. Janet will stay until Thursday or Friday and will
return in subsequent weeks whenever and as long as she wishes. Her
quarantine of Margaret has been permanently lifted, and I in turn
am free to express my affection for and admiration of Janet. What
a soap-opera!

As for the relationship between yourself and me, it was never in issue.
I harbor no resentment, I bear no grudges, I do not consider myself to
have been wronged. I respect (but do not share) your opinion that one
should address Margaret who is delusional as one would a healthy patient.
I raised this issue with you on the way to Alewife, not because I wanted
to censor you, but because I was interested in your professional opinion.
I'm sorry I offended you, and once more I send you my love.

Jochen