You
must manage the affair very cleverly, dear Riess, and you must
absolutely insist on obtaining from him something in writing --
I have stated in my letter that you too had said that you had
already heard about the affair at the inn but that you're didn't
know who told you -- Do likewise and say that the story had even
been mentioned already as referring to me -- and that I was extremely
anxious to know the exact truth -- so that I could read my brother
a lesson -- By the way, my brother is not supposed to know that
Herr Prosch has written the truth to me. Come and see me after
you have carried out your task as ambassador. All my best greetings
to the lady. If the husband is stubborn, then stick to the wife.