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Oct. 8, 1970
Dear Mrs. Blake:
   I haven't seem much of Doris lately but I have talked to her on the telephone- most recently this morning- and she seems much better, though not yet on her feet properly be a long shot. I haven't had a chance to tell her about the treatment you mentioned in your letter but I expect to have a visit with her soon. In any case you might as well tell her about it yourself since you have all the facts and doesn't pay any more attention to me than she does to you. Getting it from two places should do no harm.
    The real trouble is that Doris doesn't want to face the fact that something is seriously wrong with her. I was talking about her this morning with someone else who knows her well and we both agreed that her ability to avoid facing unpleasant facts is astonishing. Once she really realizes that she need help she may get it. But so far she just doesn't. Had she been willing to to try some serious treatment our marriage would have never broken up, but as it was the only way to get it for her it for her was to have her committed to a hospital against her own will and this I am not willing to do.
    After more than two years of waiting for some change I have asked for a divorce. I have no immediate plans for remarriage but I am getting older and will soon be too old to think of having a family so I want to be legally free. It will still take another six months. But whatever happens, remember that I did always like you for yourself and would like to remain your friend, and I will always care for Doris.