Walker-My_Musical_Ex.. - Walter Cosand

3o6 MY MUSICAL EXPERIENCES
on such an undertaking, I have, according to my
feeling on the subject, done you a wrong in complying
with the wishes of that other lady ' (Praulein Eamann,
who had obtained from Henselt a letter of Liszt for
her biography of this musician) . ' I should like, as far
as lies in my power, to make good this fault, and
awaiting your possible decision— perhaps your silence
on the subject — remain with the most profound
respect,
' Yours,
'A. H.'
' Kindly excuse the laconic brevity of my letter. I
leave no one without an answer, and am accordingly
almost killed with writing.
' P.S.-^The kind sympathy you express for my poor
wife's condition lays on me the agreeable task of
telling you that her bodily state is far better than we
could have dared to hope.'
The three following letters, written to me by
Henselt, are also on the subject of the Liszt corre-
spondence. The first of these mentions the Episto-
discher Gedanke of Weber, arranged for the piano-
forte, and completed by Ad. Henselt. It was dedicated
to his friend Pr. Liszt.
'Honoured Madam,
' Warmbrunn, May 5th, 1887.
'I anticipate your projected journey by my