Friday Evening.
Dearest friend,
That I ran away from you was a perfect inspiration, which should bring noble fruit both to you and to me.
I shall go to bed at nine; do you likewise, and sleep by the book, so that we may present to each other to-morrow morning a couple of fresh faces, ready to face the world.
I shall study Mephistopheles a little today.
If you like we will do some Valkyring tomorrow.
May a thousand gods protect you.
Source: Project Gutenberg eBook #4234, Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2, No. 224