It has struck me like a thunderbolt. Heavens, what have you written to me there?
You alone know it!
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A thousand thanks, dearest Franz. You have helped me out of a terrible difficulty after I had exhausted all other resources. By the autumn, I think, my affairs will be in better order.
When are you coming? I am going to Canton Valais in a few days, but intend to be back soon. I have no money for roaming about, and while I am enjoying my work nothing else attracts me.
The "Valkyrie" has been begun, and now I shall go at it in good style.
How curious these contrasts are—I mean, between the first love scene of the "Valkyrie" and that of the "Rhinegold."
Brendel must have surprised you. (Bosh!) God bless you.
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