160. "I do not beg pardon; no! But I beg of Herr Bullinger that
he himself apply to himself for pardon in my behalf, with the
assurance that as soon as I can do so in quiet I shall write to
him. Until now no such occasion has offered itself, for as soon
as I know that in all likelihood I must leave a place I have no
restful hour. And although I still have a modicum of hope, I am
not at ease and shall not be until I know my status."

(Mannheim, November 22, 1777, to his father. Abbe Bullinger was
the most intimate friend that the Mozart family had in Salzburg.
Mozart had been negligent in his correspondence.)

161. "To live well and to live happily are different things, and
the latter would be impossible for me without witchcraft; it
would have to be supernatural; and that is impossible for there
are no witches now-a-days."

(Paris, August 7, 1778, to his friend Bullinger, who had sought
to persuade him to return to Salzburg.)

162. "The Duke de Chabot sat himself down beside me and listened
attentively; and I--I forgot the cold, and the headache and
played regardless of the wretched clavier as I play when I am in
the mood. Give me the best clavier in Europe and at the same time
hearers who understand nothing or want to understand nothing, and
who do not feel what I play with me, and all my joy is gone."

(Paris, May 1, 1778, to his father. The Duchess had behaved very
haughtily and kept Mozart sitting in a cold room for a long time