Dearest Colleague!
When I got home, I found the letter which I at once send on to you. I believe we may trust this man[1], as the English in this particular point are somewhat ahead of us.
Will you kindly write to the man whatever there is to be said? And also make closer inquiries as to his work?
With cordial greetings and many thanks for
your last visit,
Yours,
Richard Wagner.
[1] This refers to the Dragon in “Siegfried,” which was eventually ordered from the man mentioned here for £500. It was transported in sections and caused the greatest anxiety in Bayreuth.
When all of the various detachments had finally arrived, Fricke, the ballet-master, was so disgusted that he cried: “Away to the attic with such a monster!”
Source: The Bayreuth Letters, Caroline V. Kerr