I hope to be forgiven if I ask Y.I.H. for the favour of kindly arranging to send me the two sonatas with cello obbligato [Opus 102] which I have had copied for Y.I.H. I need them just for a few days; and then I will immediately return them to Y.I.H. –
Your Imperial Highness’s
Most obedient servant
L. v. Beethoven