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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{letterhead<br /> |Date=24 May/5 June 1893<br /> |To=[[Frederic Maitland]]<br /> |Place=[[London]]<br /> |Language=French<br /> |Autograph=[[Cambridge]] (England): {{priv}}<br /> |Publication={{bibx|1965/16|Советская музыка}} (1965), No. 9, p. 49&lt;br/&gt;{{bib|1981/80|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XVII}} (1981), p. 103–104<br /> }}<br /> ==Text and Translation==<br /> {{Lettertext<br /> |Language=French<br /> |Translator=Brett Langston<br /> |Original text={{right|&#039;&#039;{{sic|Londre|Londres}}&lt;br/&gt;5 {{sic|Mai|Juin}} [18]93&lt;br/&gt;{{sic|Redgent|Regent}} Street, 11}}<br /> {{centre|Monsieur!}}<br /> C&#039;est en ce moment seulement que je {{sic|recois|reçois}} Votre {{sic|trops|trop}} aimable lettre, adressée à Moscou. Je ne sais comment Vous exprimer ma reconnaissance pour l&#039;hospitalité que Vous voulez bien m&#039;accorder et dont je profiterais avec le plus grand plaisir. C&#039;est lundi prochain que j&#039;arriverai et aurai l&#039;honneur de serrer Votre main.<br /> <br /> En attendant veuillez recevoir l&#039;expression de ma profonde {{sic|reconnaissence|reconnaissance}}.<br /> <br /> Votre tout dévoué,<br /> {{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}<br /> Je Vous demande pardon de répondre en français, mais malheureusement je ne parle ni écris l&#039;anglais et crains {{sic|beaucoup|beaucoup}}, cher Monsieur, que cela Vous sera désagréable d&#039;abriter un homme, qui ne parle pas Votre langue.<br /> <br /> |Translated text={{right|[[London]]&lt;br/&gt;5 {{sic|May|June}} 1893&lt;br/&gt;11 {{sic|Redgent|Regent}} Street}}<br /> {{centre|Sir!}}<br /> I have only just this moment received your too kind letter addressed to [[Moscow]]. I do not know how to express my appreciation for the hospitality that you would like to afford me, of which I shall avail myself with the greatest of pleasure. I shall be arriving next Monday and will have the honour of shaking your hand. <br /> <br /> In the meantime please allow me to express my profound gratitude.<br /> <br /> Your most devoted,<br /> {{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}<br /> I beg your pardon for answering in French, but unfortunately I neither speak nor write in English, and am much afraid, dear Sir, that you will find it disagreeable to host a man who does not speak your language.<br /> }}</div>

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