To: Nikolaus Zmeskall von Domanovecz
Vienna, October 28, 1810

       Please let me have the recipe for boot polish.  A well polished head needs also a well polished boot – No doubt the thing can be done without the help of your servant, with whom once and for all I don’t want to have anything to do, never mind why –

                                                                               In haste, your
                                                                                                    Beethoven