Letter 3423a

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Date 30 November/12 December 1887
Addressed to Nikolay Hubert and Aleksandra Hubert
Where written Moscow
Language Russian
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve (a3, No. 95)
Publication Прошлое русской музыки. Материалы и исследования, том 1 (1920), p. 36
П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений, том XVII (1981), p. 243

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English translation
By Brett Langston
Баташа или Тоничка!

Всю ночь был нездоров. Сейчас попробовал принять слабительного, думая, что, в сущности, это желудок шалит. Быть у Вас в назначенное время не могу. Будете ли вы вечером дома? Я заеду от Коншиных около 10 часов и вместе пойдём сидеть.

П. Чайковский

30 ноября

I've been unwell all night. I've just tried taking a laxative, as actually I think it's my stomach playing up. I can't be with you at the appointed time. Will you be at home in the evening? I'll call on you from the Konshins around 10 o'clock, and we can sit down together.

P. Tchaikovsky

30 November