besser wenn Sie
es anstaendig heissen, allein zu mir zu kommen, so koennen Sie mir eine
grosse Freude machen, ist [a]ber dass Sie dieses unanstaendig finden, so
wissen Sie, wie ich die Frejheit aber Menschen ehre, und *wie Sie dies
*heuer hierin und in andren Faellen handeln moegen nach ihren Grund fuer
zueinander wie Muehe, mich finden Sie *nur gut und als
"Ihren Freund
Beethoven"]
An incident of his visit at Toeplitz, showing Beethoven's humility and
kindliness will bear narrating, as it was characteristic of the
man. It relates to a stern parent, a lovely daughter, an ardent wooer.
The first two characters of the _dramatis personae_, were the innkeeper,
at whose house Beethoven dined, and his daughter. The part of lover was
taken by Ludwig Loewe, an actor, while Beethoven's part in the little
drama is not much more important than that of scene-shifter. Loewe was a
man in good standing, and came from a family of some prominence, but the
father objected to him and forbade the daughter speaking to him. It
appears that Beethoven was in the habit of coming late for dinner, so
the plan was hit upon that Loewe was to take dinner late also, at which
hour, the other guests having eaten and gone, and business being over
for the time, the father was not apt to be around to interfere.
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