# Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924

## GA 263 — 7 December 1922, Hildesheim

### Letter from Edith Maryon

Edith Maryon to Rudolf Steiner

Sculptor's studio, Goetheanum,  
December 7, 1922

Dear and honored teacher,

I have to write a few lines quickly because I have just learned that tomorrow is a holiday. Miss Kuterova is going to the post office now, otherwise I wouldn't be able to send a letter that would arrive any earlier than Monday.

I am sending a reply from Jeannette Franklin. I tried to telephone Dr. Wegman four times but only managed to reach her once in Basel. She does not seem very happy about Mr. Knauer coming now because, as she said, four doctors are too many. She wanted to visit me yesterday but did not come. I would have liked to see her, because I wanted to emphasize once more that it is only a visit of a few days.

The letter arrived very quickly, at noon the next day! It surprised me and gave me great pleasure.

I very much hope that everything goes well, with great care, without catching a cold, especially in Stuttgart and on the journey. I paint a lot and rest a little and hope to write again on Sunday. Leinhas told me that there was a branch meeting, but since it had already been scheduled, it was no use saying anything, but I am sorry not to have half an hour to rest. In a great hurry with

warmest greetings

Edith Maryon

During the night of December 31, 1922 to January 1, 1923, the Goetheanum was destroyed by arson

“The night of the fire that took the Goetheanum from us planted the seed in [Edith Maryon's] body, which had been weakened by previous illnesses, that developed into more than a year of suffering.”

Rudolf Steiner, “Nachrichtenblatt” of May 11, 1924. Letters from 1923 and 1924