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On the 1st of July 1884, Mittag Leffler had
the pleasure of telegraphing to Sonia, who was
in Berlin at that time, that she had been called
to the professorship for five years. She answered
the same day as follows
‘Berlin, July 1st, 1884.
‘. . . I need not tell you the joy it gave me to
receive your telegram and Uggla’s. I may
confess now, that up to the last moment I did not
believe that the thing would come to pass. I
kept fearing that some unforeseen difficulty would
turn up, as so frequently happens in this life, and
that all our plans would finally collapse. And,
indeed, I have not the slightest doubt that my
success in this matter is due only to your
perseverance and energy. I now wish, with all my
heart, that I may have sufficient strength and
capacity to do my duties to the utmost, and to
support you well in all your enterprises. I trust
firmly in the future, and I am happy at the
prospect of working with you. What a chance that
we have met one another in life. . . .;’ and in
the same letter, . . . ‘Weierstrass has spoken to
several persons in the university with regard to
my wish of attending lectures here. There is
some hope that the matter may be arranged, but
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