Dearest Franz,
Thank the Child a thousand times for her letter, and tell her that I shall not send the album back till you return from here, because I want to write something good in it which will not be finished till then.
I must write many and reasonable things to the Princess, and that I cannot do at present. So I remain in her debt also, but only to satisfy her. She may see from this how much I value her letter.
I have not yet gone out into the air; but I am getting accustomed to my room, and do not particularly long for our autumn mists. I am doing a little work too. You are coming, are you not?
I should like to be silent till then and for ever, for whenever I speak or write it is sure to be something stupid.
Au revoir!!!
Source: Project Gutenberg eBook #4234, Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2, No. 203