72. HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN.
Friedrich Kapp translation
Tuesday, June 27th, 1843.
I am afraid, my dear friend, that you might come to Tegel next Thursday and find nobody at home. Buelow 142will take leave of the King to-night and expects to start to-morrow—Wednesday—for Schlangenbad. His wife and two oldest daughters are going with him. I write this in view of the impossibility of my embracing you before your departure. The torchlight procession at Düsseldorf could shed light on many a thing. I enclose the little speech for you, as you like to preserve everything concerning your friends.
Yours,
A. Ht.