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Vienna, July 24, 1880
My dear Berganza,
This is to let you know that I have done well in my second theory exam,1 after quite some effort and very great anxiety, since as I did not have enough time for pharmacology I expected to fail in this subject, and so only got down to it on the day before the examination (ereb,2 as the Spanish forebears say). But fortune smiled on me, and here I am safe and sound and intending to go up to Semmering3 tomorrow with two roses (one being my sister [Rosa] and the other the sister of Fräulein Fanny4) and to stay there with my ladies for two days or so, until we have spent our meager funds. When I return, I shall write you more, and meanwhile beseech you to answer me, so that your letters will be awaiting me when I return home. I was