I know very well what I should do if I were in your place.

Longing often urges me back to Spain like a scourge.

I have already told you why I left my dear wife there in our home.

A few more years in the service, and our savings and the pension together will be enough to support us there and lay aside a little marriage dowry for our daughter.

When I have what is necessary, I shall turn my back on the orchestra and the court of Brussels that very day, dear as music is to me, and sure as I am that I shall never again find a leader like our Gombert.