Biebrich, Feb. 13, 62. Does the wicked Child intend, perhaps, to let the Master know absolutely nothing more about her? I should have been so glad to hear how the Meistersinger pleased her ; I'm getting half afraid she may be ill ! — For my part, I remain here till late autumn (and let us hope, the finish of my composition), Biebrich c/o Architect Frickhoffer ; where I have taken a year's tenancy of a couple of nice rooms, magnificently situated on the brink of the Rhine, close to the palace [Duke of Nassau's], and am fitting them with odds and ends of hired furniture. My only property, among it, is the famous tea-machine with mug ; but I expect to shake down very soon. If the Child would only write from the Green Hill! R. W.
Richard Wagner
Source: Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck, translated by Ellis, No. 129