You would be wise, dear Minna, no longer to concern yourself with what I do or don't do, considering our present position; only in this way could you contribute to my peace. . . .
Since I must be near Vienna, I have taken a summer residence in Penzing near by, where I am preparing again for work. I am determined to avoid everyone and everything, and to ward off from the first moment anything which could disturb me in my much needed retirement and quiet for work.
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner: The Burrell Collection, ed. John N. Burk (Macmillan, 1950), No. 264