Dear Friend,
Again to-day a word or two about your last inquiries. I will answer them in the most concise manner. Come viâ Kempten and Lindau; from Lindau you take the steamer direct to Rohrschach; there, in Rohrschach, I will meet you. So write exactly when you will be there, or at least when you will be in Lindau.
For the rest only this by letter: bring with you the score of Lohengrin. In case Härtels might want it, I have offered it to them; so, in passing through Leipzig, offer it to Härtels; but only in this case. If they do not want it for the moment, I should be delighted if, for the present, you would bring it to me; perhaps we could do something with it. On your return you can, after all, carry it back, partly for correction, partly for Härtels, if they want it.
Do bring also with you the copy of Siegfried's Death. What else might I want? I know of nothing of importance. A thousand greetings to the R.'s from me! Say to them that early to-day my Young Siegfried came into the world ready and well-rhymed. Your wife must not be angry that I so disturb her! Greetings to her. Let Brendel be Brendel, and get ready to come.
Yours,
R. W.
Source: Richard Wagner's Letters to His Dresden Friends, Theodor Uhlig, Wilhelm Fischer, and Ferdinand Heine, trans. J. S. Shedlock (Scribner & Welford, 1890), No. 29