My dear, kind Bigot!
I
wanted to call on you yesterday to discharge my small debt, but
I was prevented. Since it is possible that I may not be able to
call on you today either, I am discharging it in writing. Please
thank Madame Moreau once again for the pleasure which she afforded
me. Even though it may not have been really her intention, yet
she enabled me to spend the evening most agreeably with you all.
Accept my good wishes, and do not kiss your wife too often.
Wholly
your
Beethoven