Dear friend,
So damnably late –– press all of them warmly to your heart –– Why can mine not be there too? –– All good wishes, I shall be with you on Wednesday morning –– The letter is written so that the whole world can read it –– If you think the paper of the cover not clean enough, well then, put another cover round it. As it is dark I cannot see whether it is clean –– All good wishes, dear friend. Think and act too for
Your faithful friend
Beethoven