I am so proud.

These two pieces are arranged quite as correctly as the first. I cannot
but admire the trouble and the patience you lavish on my poor talents;
and allow me to assure you in return that, in my frequent evil moods,
nothing cheers me so much as the flattering conviction that I am kindly
remembered by you; for which favour I kiss your hands a thousand times,
and am, with sincere esteem, your obedient servant,

JOSEPH HAYDN.

P.S.--I shall soon claim permission to wait on you.

The next letter is again from Frau v. Genzinger:

VIENNA, Nov. 12, 1789.

MY VALUED HERR V. HAYDN,

I really cannot tell you all the pleasure I felt in reading your
highly-prized letter of the 9th. How well am I rewarded for my trouble
by seeing your satisfaction! Nothing do I wish more ardently than to
have more time (now so absorbed by household affairs), for in that case
I would certainly devote many hours to music, my most agreeable and
favourite of all occupations. You must not, my dear Herr v. Haydn, take
it amiss that I plague you with another letter, but I could not but take
advantage of so good an opportunity to inform you of the safe arrival
of your letter. I look forward with the utmost pleasure to the happy day
when I am to see you in Vienna. Pray continue to give me a place in your
friendship and remembrance.

Your sincere and devoted friend and servant.

To Frau v. Genzinger.

ESTORAS, Nov. 18, 1789.

DEAR LADY,

The letter which I received through Herr Siebert gave me another proof
of your excellent heart, as instead of a rebuke for my late remissness,
you express yourself in so friendly a manner towards me, that so much
indulgence, kindness and great courtesy cause me the utmost surprise,
and I kiss your hands in return a thousand times. If my poor talents
enable me to respond in any degree to so much that is flattering, I
venture, dear madam, to offer you a little musical potpourri. I do not,
indeed, find in it much that is fragrant; perhaps the publisher may
rectify the fault in future editions. If the arrangement of the symphony
in it be yours, oh! then I shall be twice as much pleased with the
publisher; if not, I venture to ask you to arrange a symphony, and to
transcribe it with your own hand, and to send it to me here, when I will
at once forward it to my publisher at Leipzig to be engraved.

I am happy to have found an opportunity that leads me to hope for a few
more charming lines from