These perfumed letters from Ostend refreshed him by the remembrance of the lovable face with the dimples, bringing back again the whole charm of the Hornberg days.
At the end of September came the announcement that the Ellrichs had left Ostend, and were going to pay a visit for a fortnight to friends in England, and toward the middle of October a letter, bearing the Berlin postmark, arrived in Loulou's handwriting.

It said: "DEAREST WILHEM: We came home to-day.

I cannot sleep until I have written to you.

Come to see me quite soon.

Will you not?
How glad I am! Are you glad too?
A thousand greetings.