I am delighted, my dear Treitschke, to have your assurance that you will use your influence on my behalf. I appreciate your meeting my wishes all the more as I cannot altogether boast of the impartiality of the theater –
I send you herewith the book which you may peruse in the meantime [Anderson footnote: “This was a French melodrama ‘Les Ruines de Babylon’ “]. But I beg you not to let anyone else see or read it – It is impossible for me to go to you this morning. But I shall certainly be with you about three o’clock this afternoon –
Your most devoted servant
Ludwig van Beethoven