Fairest good-day!
My poor wife has become quite ill; consequently I accept to-morrow's invitation for myself alone.
Presumably you are not at home to-day; otherwise I should have inquired toward evening.
At my house everything is dull and dismal, despite the growing "gaiety" of the apartments.
I hope things are going right well with you, and that you are keeping Easter-day with joy.
Many kind regards to all!
Your R. W.
Source: Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck, trans. William Ashton Ellis (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905), No. 5