this."

From another source I hear, however, that the matter is not to
remain in this negative stage, and that in the very highest
quarters there is a wish to call me to Berlin. The event must
show; for the present I have only written a few lines in reply to
Hulsen.

What is all this story about the Musical Festival? Why did you
bolt? Let me know when you happen to be in the mood.

After the Rotterdam festival I stayed a few days at Brussels to
meet my two daughters.

As soon as my large arrears of correspondence are disposed of, I
shall settle down to my "Faust," which is to be ready by the new
year. The other things (symphonic poems) will also be in print by
that time.

I still feel very much fatigued after my hurried journey, and my
personal regret at not being able to serve you makes me curtail
these lines still further. Ah! good heavens! what can I say to
you while

La vergogna dura

and while there is no means of removing that vergogna?

Your