Next day I told the whole story to Herr Stein, Herr Geniaulx, and to Herr Director Graf—­I don’t mean about the cross, but how highly disgusted I was at their having bragged so much about a concert, and now it had come to nothing.  “I call this making a fool of a person and leaving him in the lurch.  I am very sorry that I ever came here.  I could not possibly have believed that in Augsburg, my papa’s native town, such an insult could have been offered to his son.”  You cannot imagine, dear papa, how angry and indignant these three gentlemen were, saying, “Oh, you must positively give a concert here; we don’t stand in need of the patricians.”  I, however, adhered to my resolution and said, “I am willing to give a small farewell concert at Herr Stein’s, for my few kind friends here who are connoisseurs.”  The Director was quite distressed, and exclaimed, “It is abominable—­shameful; who could have believed such a thing of Langenmantl!  Par Dieu! if he really wished it, no doubt it would have been carried through.”  We then separated.  The Director went down-stairs with me in his dressing-gown as far as the door, and Herr Stein and Geniaulx walked home with me.  They urged us to make up our mind to stay here for a time, but we remained firm.  I must not forget to say that, when young Langenmantl lisped out to me, in his usual cool indifferent way, the pleasant news as to my concert, he added, that the patricians invited me to their concert next Thursday.  I said, “I will come as one of the audience.”  “Oh, we hope you will give us the pleasure of hearing you play also.”  “Well, perhaps I may; why not?” But having received so grievous an insult the next evening, I resolved not to go near him again, to steer clear of the whole set of patricians, and to leave Augsburg.  During dinner, on the 16th, I was called out by a servant-maid of Langenmantl’s, who wished to know whether he might expect me to go with him to the concert? and he begged I would come to him immediately after dinner.  I sent my compliments in return, that I had no intention of going to the concert; nor could I come to him, as I was already engaged (which was quite true); but that I would call next morning to take leave of him, as on Saturday next, at furthest, I was to leave Augsburg.  In the meantime Herr Stein had been to see the other patricians of the Evangelical party, and spoke so strongly to them that these gentlemen were quite excited.  “What!” said they, “shall we permit a man who does us so much honor to leave this without even hearing him?  Herr von Langenmantl, having already heard him, thinks that is enough.”