Dear Minna,
So I may hope you'll be receiving at least 200 thaler within the next few days, and indeed from Berlin. Pusinelli's absence from Dresden has been very disastrous to myself too; had he been there, you certainly would have already had the money. However, that mournful month had been so rich in disasters of all kinds, that I had got quite used to it. In course of this month you shall receive another 100 thr. On the 31st October I shall be at Leipzig, and see you in any case; then we'll also take more thorough steps against recurrence of such bothers. —
My local carrier's estimate unfortunately is correct; there are more expenses with such transactions than you think. But it was contrary to my intention, that he sent the cases 'carriage forward,' whereas I was expecting to receive his bill here. It's done now, and you shall have it all set right by me. If it relieves your mind, I will enclose you the estimate next time.
Here it has been a case of — preserving patience; there was nothing else left to me. Now don't you lose yours for another few days; I am sufficiently depressed at having put you in a fix as well!
Kind love 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. 255