This is a sign of life to which you must respond sympathetically.

Your

R. W.

Zurich, February 7th, 1854



147.

Dearest Richard,

It is a sad fate that we have to live apart from each other. I
can tell you nothing but that I think of you constantly and love
you from my heart of hearts.

Latterly my time has been painfully occupied by all manner of
business, visits, work, etc. I have written to nobody, as you may
well imagine, because you did not receive a letter from me.

Together with this I send you the score of my "Kunstler" chorus,
and between this and the autumn I intend to publish half-a-dozen
orchestral pieces, also in full score. By October the "Faust"
symphony will be finished, which also will be published soon
afterwards.

Let us leave these trifles alone and speak of your "Rhinegold."
Have you really finished it? That has been wonderfully quick work