To: Nikolaus Zmeskall von Domanovecz
Vienna, October 26, 1811

       I am going to the Schwan today and I hope to find you there without fail.  But don’t come too late.  My feet are better, and the maker of the feet has promised the maker of the head a sound foot in eight days at latest.
 
                                                                     Your
                                                                           Beethoven