Here, honoured Friend, something quite new from the wilds! About Conducting I haven't sent you, as the Judaism aroused your ire, and I was afraid those articles, as well, would not quite suit you. But you have a right to hear nothing but agreeables from me; consequently it is my duty to be careful.
The pianoforte-score of Siegfried will probably appear toward Easter. The Götterdämmerung I expect to have finished next year. To see my great work carried out in exact accordance with my will, remains my only aim in traffic with the world. I feel certain of your aid in this.
I hope it goes well with yourself and all life on the "green hill." It always delights me to hear good news from you.
With the request to remember me most kindly to your honoured wife, I greet you with old and grateful devotion!
Your
Richard Wagner.
Source: Richard Wagner's Letters to Wesendonck et al., trans. and indexed by William Ashton Ellis (Grant Richards, 1899), No. 45