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Vienna, September 19, 1875
Dearest Berganza,
You are right in thinking that I shall share with you my thoughts on my travels, but if by the exclamation mark [?] you placed in your
note before the word Erinnerungsschwelgerei[e]n1 (I beg your forgiveness for using so common and popular an expression) you meant to imply that these memories are mixed up with matters of love, I believe you are mistaken and far off target. I sent the list of lectures you asked for yesterday, and I am sorry that it will be several weeks before you come to Vienna, because next semester I shall have much to do; no less than eight examinations are waiting for me and I have done no, or practically no, studying so far. The philosopher Brentano, whom you know from my letters, will lecture on ethics or practical philosophy from eight to nine in the morning, and it would do you good to attend, as he is a man of integrity and imagination, although people say he is a Jesuit,2 which I cannot believe, trusting my own judgment rather than rumors spread by Mr. So-and-So.—You owe me a photograph; just a reminder.
You will see by the inconsistencies in the lines I have written, which are all over the map, as they say, that there is little to write about, and that all are well whom you wish to be well. And that is the reason I do not write at greater length, in the hope that you will reply before you leave for Vienna, telling me the day and the time to meet you at the railway station.
With all possible salutations
your faithful and very affectionate
Cipion
not a Roman emperor, but a dog at the
hospital of Seville God besser's.3 Amen.
Here is something else that comes to mind to write to you! Are there any Veronicas4 in Braila with whom you can dance? I've been telling everyone that you're a wild dancer, so that males cross themselves at the mention of your name and females are dying with longing to meet you. I hope I have not embarrassed you with this assignment, because it would certainly provide a lot of fun fo