. . . I have just undergone much strain and excitement and am glad to have arrived here again in my peace and quiet. You'll hear and read a lot about it. Always think kindly and well of your
old R. W.
Cordial regards to Dr. Pusinelli; that he could not come grieved me very much; for one cannot re-live this!
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner: The Burrell Collection, ed. John N. Burk (Macmillan, 1950), No. 295