at which I felt most indignant was the way my wife had been treated, and while I was perfectly indifferent as to what the rest of the party thought of me, I immediately accepted Karl’s offer to go to Zurich and see her, so as to give her the explanation necessary to her peace of mind.  While awaiting his return, I received a letter from Liszt, telling me of the deep impression made upon him by my Lohengrin score, which had caused him to make up his mind as to the future in store for me.  He at the same time announced that, as I had given him the permission to do so, he intended doing all in his power to bring about the production of my opera at the forthcoming Herder festival in Weimar.  About this time I also heard from Frau Ritter, who, in consequence of events of which she was well aware, thought herself called upon to beg me not to take the matter too much to heart.  At this moment Karl also returned from Zurich, and spoke with great warmth of my wife’s attitude.  Not having found me in Paris, she had pulled herself together with remarkable energy, and in pursuance of an earlier wish of mine, had rented a house on the lake of Zurich, installed herself comfortably, and remained there in the hope of at last hearing from me again.  Besides this, he had much to tell me of Sulzer’s good sense and friendliness, the latter having stood by, my wife and shown her great sympathy.  In the midst of his narrative Karl suddenly exclaimed, ’Ah! these could be called sensible people; but with such a mad Englishwoman nothing could be done.’  To all this I said not a word, but finally with a smile asked him whether he would like to go over to Zurich?  He sprang up exclaiming, ‘Yes, and as soon as possible.’  ’You shall have your way,’ said I; ’let us pack.  I can see no sense in anything either here or there.’  Without breathing another syllable about all that had happened, we left the next day for Zurich.

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