I try to think out something so that we won't have to wait so long before we can live together.

But that is hard to carry out, for the gentleman in Holstein who decides about our upbringing wants me to study for many years.

That will take much too long.

Leonore might even die before that, and I want to do it all for her.

I am so glad now that Leonore has fallen ill and has therefore come to you," he said with a brighter glance.