My dear Friend,
The "conference" was another — by word of mouth!
Let us content ourselves now with the meeting of delegates. Even if we are few, we shall at all events represent something — namely, the Wagner-Vereins. In their name a manifesto can very decently go forth. My wife has written you hereon.
Only come, and bring Zeroni with you if possible. My opinion is, things will go right after all. With the heartiest greetings.
Your faithful
Richard Wagner.
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner to Emil Heckel, with a Brief History of the Bayreuth Festivals, trans. William Ashton Ellis (Grant Richards, 1899), No. 41