[...] It will be excessively difficult for me now to continue at work undisturbed. You could still do something decisive to contribute towards this end and thereby save me from a situation in which I might very shortly be obliged to abandon my work altogether. Therefore I ask you most fervently to put at least one thousand gulden at my disposal forthwith. Should you find this possible, be assured that I shall manage as regards my other needs without approaching you again, and that I shall somehow find a way of keeping uninterruptedly at my work till its completion. [...]
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner, Vol. 2, selected and ed. Wilhelm Altmann, trans. M. M. Bozman (J. M. Dent & Sons, 1927), No. 539