Dear J[osephine],
Please
send me the Andante [WoO 57] and the two songs [Anderson footnote:
"Probably Op. 32 and WoO 130"] -- I promise you
that you will have all three compositions back the day after tomorrow.
-- I would not take the last two from you, we're it not really
a fact that I must send some songs to the widowed Empress of
Russia, and that I -- can't possibly deal with this matter
at the moment, I mean, either look around for others or compose
some songs -- If you don't need Idomeneo, let me have it
for a few days -- All good wishes, beloved and only J[osephine].
Beethoven