And so you did not come, dearest Franz! Without a word of explanation to me, simply, silently, did not come!
Hans and Cosima have grown very dear to me. I am very melancholy at seeing them leave me to-day. They are taking with them a transcript of Tristan which I have been writing while he was here.
Richard Wagner
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner, Volume 1, ed. Altmann/Hull (London: Dent, 1927), No. 340