[...] Here is my letter to the Minister, in which I express my gratitude to him personally and at the same time beg him to lay me at the King's feet!—
These few lines once again required a great effort, otherwise I should have given you some sign of life before now.—
Julius's death, a brief report of which had reached me previously through Louise [Brockhaus]—(no one else has written to me from Dresden)—we will—pass over in silence. Your interest in him and the way you render me account of it all in detail, does honour to you and to your heart. I thank you for it! What you tell me of Fritz Brockhaus's conduct, in particular, touched me very much. Please give him my very kindest greetings. He, too, is a fellow who appeals to me very much! [...]
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner, Vol. 2, selected and ed. Wilhelm Altmann, trans. M. M. Bozman (J. M. Dent & Sons, 1927), No. 526