If I cannot come to-day, dear Zmeskall which is very possible, ask Baroness von ---- [name illegible] to give you the pianoforte part of the Trios, and be so good as to send them and the other parts to me to-day.
In haste, your
BEETHOVEN.
[Footnote 1: April 16, 1809. By the Terzetts he no doubt means the Trios, Op. 70, dedicated to Countess Erdödy.]
56.
TO ZMESKALL.
April 17, 1809.
DEAR Z.,--
A suitable lodging has just been found out for me, but I need some one to help me in the affair. I cannot employ my brother, because he only recommends what costs least money. Let me know, therefore, if we can go together to look at the house. It is in the Klepperstall.[1]
[Footnote 1: An der Mölker Bastei.]
57.
TO ZMESKALL.
April 25, 1809.