[284] Weissheimer, Erlebnisse, p. 392.
[285] Ecce Homo (Eng. trans.), pp. 41, 44, 122, 97.
[286] Liszt's reply of the 22nd runs thus:
"Dear and noble Friend,—I am too deeply moved by your letter to be able to thank you in words. But from the depths of my heart I hope that every shadow of a circumstance that could hold me fettered may disappear, and that soon we may see each other again. Then shall you see in perfect clearness how inseparable is my soul from you both, and how intimately I live again in that 'second' and higher life of yours in which you are able to accomplish what you could never have accomplished alone. Herein is heaven's pardon for me: God's blessing on you both, and all my love."
These are the first letters that appear in the correspondence between the two since 7th July 1861. Briefwechsel, ii. 307-8. The two letters are given in a slightly different form in Liszt's Briefe, vi. 350.
[287] Aus meinem Leben, ii. 12.
[288] Weissheimer, Erlebnisse, p. 391.