I now have full confidence in its success. I have no idea, of course, whether it will make me a complete lamb. That's something only you can accomplish, and in the course of time.
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Why the devil must you rave about expenses and about pawning and selling things? If you are short at the moment, it is surely your own fault for not asking me for more. If you are short of money—foolish wife—or if you ever need some more, for the theater, for example, I suggest this: Go straight to the Zug music shop. There is a draft for 3 louis d'or for me which hasn't yet been paid; with the enclosed lines I ask him to pay the money to you.
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner: The Burrell Collection, ed. John N. Burk (Macmillan, 1950), No. 107