I see that we always live in spe and never arrive in rem. If the Haase Compromise is to bring only 50 thalers per performance as after-payments, the expected results from this lawsuit dwindle to a minimum.
What I liked most was that you hold out to me the hope of a settlement—or clarification—about those two main items by the end of the year. I find it difficult to postpone the equipment of my house until then.
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner: The Burrell Collection, ed. John N. Burk (Macmillan, 1950), No. 327