[...] Not a line from Standhartner has reached me as yet. I entertain no shadow of a doubt of his true and loyal friendship, and thank him most cordially for evidence that it continues unabated. Nevertheless, until this terrible crisis is satisfactorily past, I have made up my mind to apply to no one who is not able to answer my letters regularly or who does not feel called upon to take account of my wishes and views. The crushing misfortunes that a contrary course have brought upon me are such that I cannot but give way to certain human feelings which keep me for the present from any further direct communication with my old friends. [...]
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner, Vol. 2, selected and ed. Wilhelm Altmann, trans. M. M. Bozman (J. M. Dent & Sons, 1927), No. 575