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            Leipzig 18th April 1838My dear Sir
Accept my thanks for your letter of the 15th which I received three days ago & the Contents of which I repeatedly thought of since the receipt. I am not versed enough in poetry fully to understand the development of those ideas of which your letter gives me the sketch; particularly the first act is still indistinct for me, as I do not understand how the lover in disguise, and in the Queens train will be able to give a sufficient interest to the whole of an act, & whether his escape and arrival in the town are events so important in themselves as to keep the interest alive during it; but of this of course you are the better judge & I am only not able to imagine by myself those things which are familiar to you. The subject which is to form the basis seems to be a beautiful one, & the devotion of those Patriots together with the Contrasts you pointed out will certainly afford many fine situations for music; particularly in the second act I am able to trace them already by myself. Also in the third; in which however I do not quite understand the motive why one of the lovers resolves to take his rivals place (or are they to be friends from the beginning?) and the means by which he makes him forget his duty. From all this you may conceive how anxiously I expect to hear from you, & to know more of the scenes which you intend to distribute in the Opera & most of the whole idea of it. I hope you will be kind enough to let me soon have a plan of the scenes of the whole, when I shall be able to form a distinct idea of the Opera, which I am not skilful enough to do at present by those hints you pointed out. Let me also thank you for the interest you take in procuring my a subject so quite in accordance to my wishes, & for the kindness you show me thereby; I should be sure to prove you by my music how grateful I feel & how great an importance I attach to this proof of your kindness, if in arts the will could be taken for the deed; but as unfortunately this cannot be it is only left for me to wish I could write a music worthy of your poetry, & expressive of those motives which you will so abundantly afford me. I hope to hear soon from you, & beg you will direct your letter to Berlin (Leipziger Strasse no. 3) for which place I intend to start to-morrow, & where I shall stay during the next month.
Believe me always to beyours very truly
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.          

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