Dear Ms. Chambliss,

Thank you for your letter. I am pleased that you are getting
along well. There are many avenues of negotiating a situation
such as yours, and I'm not at all sure that my choices would
be the best ones.

Although I am still nominally "in practice", I haven't seen
a patient for months, a situation which does not disconcert me
at all, For the first time since I became a physician, I can
be sure that I am doing no harm.

It's unavoidable that subsequent to the death of my wife, my
own life also should be drifting to its end. I have no regrets
and I have no complaints. I'm learning to be patient.

With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Ernst Meyer