Can you induce Herr D. to send me a prompt reply to my last letter? The question at stake is whether or not I shall be able to do something for the health of my wife this summer in accordance with the doctor's prescription. I MUST know this. At the same time I must declare that I shall not accept less than 1,000 francs. I do not want to encroach upon you, but what you can do without injuring yourself, do please, as soon as possible. If they think me worth that sum at Weimar I shall expect the bill of exchange by return of post.
Richard Wagner
Source: Project Gutenberg eBook #4234, Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2, No. 303