Lest
the dearest person -- the dearest to me in this world -- should
cherish even a thought about me which should be futile -- I say
that -- this evening I must remain invisible -- My dear L[ichnowsky]
is leaving tomorrow -- In spite of many rough passages which we
are encountering on the path of this friendship, yet now that
he is leaving Vienna I feel how dear he is to me -- and how much
I owe him -- I need Florian's comedies -- Tomorrow evening
I shall see my dear, my beloved J[osephine] -- Tell her that to
me she is far more dear and far more precious than anything else
--
NB.
These lines were already written before I received your letter
--
Now
I need the Sonata in A as well. [Anderson footnote: "Probably
the Kreutzer sonata, Op. 47."] I must play it for
my L[ichnowsky] as a parting gift -- All good wishes,
angel -- of my heart -- of my life --