Dear Z[meskall]!
I should very much like to be able to see you, if possible, early this evening. I do not think that we can undertake anything on the strength of such statements. The Archduke said: ‘If I see Lobkowitz, I will have a word with him’. He had said previously that he thought that it was too late – All good wishes. Don’t be annoyed.
Your
Beethoven