To [Nikolaus Zmeskall von Domanovecz]
Vienna, c. 1798

 

 

My Cheapest Baron!

       See to it that the guitarist shall come to me today for certain. Amenda instead of paying an amende [which he ought to do occasionally] for his failure to observe rests, must let me have this [admirable] guitarist. If possible, the said gentleman should come to me at five o'clock [this evening]; if not, then at five or six o'clock tomorrow [morning.] But should I [still be asleep], he must not wake me - Adieu mon ami à bon marché - perhaps we shall meet at the Schwan.