[...] Well, I had really pleasant relations with the Grand Duke in Karlsruhe. His joy at my final choice to settle there rather than anywhere else in Germany was very great. He will be zealous to do all he can to help me find a suitable dwelling.
Liszt is still here and I am to have a long visit from him this evening. [...]—For the rest, my child, I look forward to a difficult and unpleasant period. If only I can have everything happily settled by the beginning of July when I recross the Rhine! Wish me this! In the meantime little Tausig is a help to me. He actually followed me to Vienna and before that coaxed me into a laughing mood from time to time in Karlsruhe. [...]
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner, Vol. 2, selected and ed. Wilhelm Altmann, trans. M. M. Bozman (J. M. Dent & Sons, 1927), No. 491