Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924

GA 263 — 4 September 1921, Hildesheim

Letter from Edith Maryon

Edith Maryon to Rudolf Steiner

Villa Eugenia, Ruvigliano
Presso Lugano (until Wednesday, then Dornach)

[presumably after August 30, 1921]

Dear and honored teacher,

I am pleased to hear that the hand wound has healed, and I send all good wishes for the voice. I am pleased that you are not being deterred from your work in Dornach by the many demands for lectures; they are always endless, and one must still keep time in between when one can breathe a sigh of relief, especially after such exhausting work as has taken place over the last three weeks; otherwise the voice will really be completely ruined.

Yesterday we changed our lodgings; the view from here is just as beautiful, it is not as high up and is a little less grandiose, but still wonderful. In the afternoon we are taking a trip to [Ponte] Tresa by steamer; today is warm and sunny, it should be quite pleasant on the lake. I am recovering quite well! There are very few strangers in Lugano, the “season” seems to be quite poor with the exception of Monte Generoso, where hundreds of guests have fled from the great heat of July-August, but now they are all gone. So far I have good news from Dornach, hopefully it will continue like this until I return, yesterday I sent mountain flowers to Geck and Kucerova.

Miss Franklin is in very good humor and seems happy and enjoying herself here. She will probably never become an anthroposophist, although I try to explain where I can and where it is possible. Her outlook is still too narrow and small-minded. It's a shame! She works well in the areas she understands.

I hope this letter will arrive in Stuttgart at the right time, because I assume you will be traveling to Berlin no later than Saturday morning. Otherwise you will probably have no time at all to make the correction, and I know how urgent this is!

I send you my warmest thoughts

Edith Maryon