Dear Alex,

Thank you for your thoughtful and understanding e-mail.
I feel short of words tonight; not much to say.  My memories
of Margaret are a quicksand from which I can't extricate
myself. The more I struglle, the more helpless I feel.

Think of my lawsuit as a laboratory exercise in justice.
Plumbing is but a pretext. The adversary is not the plumbing
board but the Superior Court. Although it's not my person but
my plumbing they want to destroy, I have an inkling of how
the witches felt as they were marched up Gallows Hill in 1698.
Its the awareness of the Holocaust that fuels me.

Good night. Maybe a more cheerful letter tomorrow.

Jochen