Dear Minna,
Herr v. Bronsart asked me to conduct some of my new things at a concert in Dresden the 25th November. There is something about it I don't quite like, and now I'm hesitating again as to whether I shall give my definite consent. In any case, however, would you kindly tell me if you are in a position to put me up precisely then? All I require is a bedroom, and at a pinch could even sleep on the couch in the lobby. Be so good as to let me know at Carlsruhe (Court-theatre), whither I am going from here so as to bring off at least a concert there at last. To be sure, I've great qualms about Dresden: my appearance in a small hall there, and with inferior forces — without the Kapelle — will naturally be regardable as a demonstration against the Court-theatre; which is the last thing I should wish, as I see quite well it wouldn't have the least effect, since the hatred of Herr v. Konneritz seems to pass all bounds against me. Therefore I shall still have to let it depend upon how I may feel as concerns this affair. In any event I should be passing through Dresden about that time, and drop in on you; when I'll bring you money to pay off your creditresses.
Forgive my haste. I really am dead tired and have exerted myself here without the desired result; which also makes me glum and out of sorts. So send me word, and expect me this month in any case on a longer or shorter visit.
Farewell, dear Minna. May these lines find you in tolerable health!
Kind love from
Thy Richard W.
Source: Richard to Minna Wagner: Letters to His First Wife, trans. William Ashton Ellis, Vol. 2 (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909), No. 270