In case we shouldn't meet today, good Kietz, two words in writing! I received the news, and I am sure now that I won't get any money before fourteen days—three weeks; why, I shall tell you. Now, pray, don't deny a favor to a harassed friend, and—when you get your money—for heaven's sake let your tailor wait two or three weeks more and help me instead; by that time you will get it back. God bless you. In great anxiety, your
Richard Wagner
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner: The Burrell Collection, ed. John N. Burk (Macmillan, 1950), No. 23