In a letter to Cornelia written in that month he excuses himself for his long neglect of her.

He has been busy, he has been ill, and the spring has come late.

In this letter he writes of Kaethchen as follows: "Among my acquaintances who are alive (he has just mentioned the death of Frau Boehme) the little Schoenkopf does not deserve to be forgotten.

She is a very good girl, with an uprightness of heart joined to agreeable _naivete_, though her education has been more severe than good.

She looks after my linen and other things when it is necessary, for she knows all about these matters, and is pleased to give me the benefit of her knowledge; and I like her well for that.