I give my heartiest thanks to the highly-honored friendly Frau
General for writing at your dictation.
We take the heartiest interest here in your recovery. It is to be hoped you are already on the best road to vigor.
My dearest cousin Marie has now happily made me a great-uncle.
Enclosed are two words of thanks to Marie.
I am now waiting for the new setting of the poem of "Stanislaus" from Dingelstedt in order to take up my interrupted composition again—I want at least a year and something over to finish it.
Meanwhile I have not quite lost my time. In the last two months I have completed a "Via crucis" (the 14 Stations) and pretty full responses to the 7 Sacraments (for Chorus and Organ). I rejoice [to think] that I shall play them to you on the 2nd April, '79, at the Schottenhof.
Thy faithful
F. Liszt
Rome, November 4th, 1878
238. To Freiherr Hans von Wolzogen in Bayreuth
[The well-known writer on Wagner and publisher of the Bayreuther
Blatter]