Best Minna, a little ailing the last few days, to-day I feel my unwellness somewhat increased, in particular through a severe flux. Were it not for this, I'd promptly announce to you my definite arrival at Dresden Wednesday 10 p.m. Should it improve, and especially the dysentery (I don't think it at all dangerous), I will confirm the projected arrival by a telegram tomorrow (Tuesday) evening. In case I am able to come, it would be nice if someone like the Brockhaus's were to expect us to dinner on Thursday with the Heines and Pusinelli. Should I have to de-telegraph, please do not consider my illness in any way serious; it is the result of a chill and too much mineral water, which the doctor here had ordered me. Only, there would be a difficulty with the flux on a journey.
So, look in any case for speedy news from me. I should like to be able to travel!
Hearty greetings from
Thy Richard.
Source: Richard to Minna Wagner: Letters to His First Wife, trans. William Ashton Ellis, Vol. 2 (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909), No. 244