[...] To your disappointment, I will tell you nothing of my recent torments, but simply assure you that Cosima is not at all wild, and that I have had all sorts of other tame experiences as well (Madame Street-Klindworth being among them). It was all charming—everywhere, everywhere two open hands stretched towards me—but upheld, politely waving me away. In a word, I know now where I am with regard to this side of life. Presumably the next thing I shall do will be to marry my wife again! [...]
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner, Vol. 2, selected and ed. Wilhelm Altmann, trans. M. M. Bozman (J. M. Dent & Sons, 1927), No. 518