Dear little one, herewith I send you money; go nicely to the banker with it and get it changed, so that I may have some of it too. It amounts to 350 gulden in Reich currency, or 750 francs (French). I almost think you had better get it cashed in French money (five-franc pieces), as we are certain to be reckoning in that currency ere long throughout all Switzerland. You must send me 120 francs of it, and promptly, that I may have it by Saturday and pay up everything here, otherwise I can't get home on Sunday.
I received your last letter on Monday, just as I had sealed up the packet with mine; I couldn't break it open again. To-day, however, I add my best thanks for your declining the hare-supper. —
I am feeling well! — Emilie isn't here yet, and probably will not arrive till after my departure. —
Farewell for to-day, my most charmante! Soon to take you by your good cheek,
Thy lord R. W.
Source: Richard to Minna Wagner: Letters to His First Wife, trans. William Ashton Ellis, Vol. 1 (H. Grevel & Co., 1909), No. 38