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|Date=7/19 March 1888 &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|To=[[Louis Diémer]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Place=[[Paris]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=French&lt;br /&gt;
|Autograph=Stockholm (Sweden): {{S-Smf}}: The Nydahl Collection &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Publication={{bibx|2013/35|Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen}}, Heft 20 (2013), p. 159 (original), p. 158 (facsimile of first and last pages), p. 160 (German translation) &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Text and Translation==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Lettertext&lt;br /&gt;
|Language=French&lt;br /&gt;
|Translator=Brett Langston&lt;br /&gt;
|Original text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;18 Mars&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;2 heures {{sic|après|après}} minuit}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|Mon bon, mon cher, mon excellent ami!}}&lt;br /&gt;
Je ne suis pas parti ce matin comme j&amp;#039;en avais l&amp;#039;intention, car tout bonnement je n&amp;#039;ai pas eu le temps {{sic|necessaire|nécessaire}} pour faire mes malles. J&amp;#039;ai eu ensuite une excursion à &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bicêtre&amp;#039;&amp;#039; à faire et je n&amp;#039;ai pas pu aller Vous voir et Vous serrer encore la main. Et cependant Dieu sait si j&amp;#039;en avais l&amp;#039;envie! Je ne trouve pas les expressions qu&amp;#039;il faudrait employer pour Vous donner une juste idée de la reconnaissance que je ressens pour toutes les marques d&amp;#039;amitié et de bienveillance que Vous m&amp;#039;avez  témoignées! Vraiment Vous avez été trop bon pour moi et jamais je n&amp;#039;oublierai combien Vous m&amp;#039;avez rendu de services amicaux, d&amp;#039;attentions et de toute espèce {{sic|d&amp;#039;egards|d&amp;#039;égards}}. Il me semble que je ne les {{sic|mèrite|mérite}} pas assez. Enfin, n&amp;#039;ayons pas l&amp;#039;air de jouer la modestie et tout simplement je Vous remercie, je Vous embrasse tendrement et Vous dis que je Vous rends bien le degré d&amp;#039;amitié que Vous m&amp;#039;avez témoigné.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mon cher ami! Je suis trop surmené, j&amp;#039;ai trop besoin de repos et de solitude et je crois que je ne reviendrai plus à Paris de Londres et que j&amp;#039;irai directement en Russie, à Tiflis où il y a des personnes qui m&amp;#039;attendent avec grande impatience.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Si [je] revenais à Paris il faudrait que j&amp;#039;accepte beaucoup de concerts que des comp[atri]iots à moi voudraient donner et le seul moyen de me {{sic|défaires|défaire}} de toutes ces obsessions, — c&amp;#039;est de m&amp;#039;en aller en Russie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
J&amp;#039;espère Vous revoir en automne ; dans tous les cas ce n&amp;#039;est pas adieu mais &amp;#039;&amp;#039;au revoir&amp;#039;&amp;#039; que je Vous dis.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dites à Taffanel que j&amp;#039;ai {{sic|ecrit|écrit}} au Directeur du &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nowoïe Wremia&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Si Vous allez à &amp;#039;&amp;#039;{{sic|Petersbourg|Pétersbourg}}&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Vous y trouverez un accueil {{sic|très|très}} amical, car je préviendrai tous mes amis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Vous avez ma photographie mais je Vous en envoie encore une et une pour M[ada]me Diémer. Envoyez moi la {{sic|Votre|Vôtre}}, je Vous en prie. Veuillez adresser : &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tiflis, Russie, Procureur Tschaïkovsky, pour remettre à Pierre Tschaïkovsky&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Je Vous embrasse aussi fort que je Vous aime.&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|P. Tschaïkovsky}}&lt;br /&gt;
Je pars demain, Lundi, 11 heures&lt;br /&gt;
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|Translated text={{right|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;18 March&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;2am}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{centre|My dear, my good, my excellent friend!}}&lt;br /&gt;
I did not leave this morning as I had intended, because I simply did not have enough time to pack my things. I then had to undertake a trip to &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bicêtre&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and I could not go to see you and shake your hand once more. And yet, God knows how I wanted to! I cannot find the words required to convey to you adequately all the gratitude I feel for the many demonstrations of friendship and kindness you have shown me. You truly have been too good to me, and I will never forget how many friendly services you have rendered me in every respect. It seems to me that I do not deserve them. This is not merely false modesty, and I will simply thank you, embrace you warmly, and tell you that I reciprocate the degree of friendship that you have shown me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
My dear friend! I am overwhelmed, and in need of much rest and solitude, and I think that I shall not come back to [[Paris]] after [[London]], and instead go directly to Russia, to [[Tiflis]], where I have people waiting for me with great impatience. &lt;br /&gt;
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If I were to come back to [[Paris]], I would be obliged to accept many concert invitations from my compatriot, and the only way to rid myself of these compulsions is for me to go to Russia.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I hope to see you again in the autumn; in any case, I do not say goodbye to you, but &amp;#039;&amp;#039;au revoir&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tell [[Taffanel]] that I have written to the Editor of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;New Time&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note3&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;. If you go to [[Petersburg]] you will encounter a very friendly welcome, because I will inform all my friends. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Although you have my photograph, I am sending you one more, and one for Madame Diémer. I beg you to send me yours. Please address it to: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Tiflis]], Russia, Procurator Tchaikovsky &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note4&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;, for forwarding to Pyotr Tchaikovsky&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I embrace you warmly and with love,&lt;br /&gt;
{{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}&lt;br /&gt;
I am leaving tomorrow, Monday, at 11 o&amp;#039;clock.&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes and References==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Tchaikovsky put as the date of his letter &amp;quot;18 Mars / 2 heures après minuit&amp;quot;, i.e. it was written after midnight on Sunday, 18 March 1888, which means that it should, strictly speaking, be dated to 19 March 1888.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We are most grateful to Göran Grahn and Robert Holmin, curators of the Nydahl Collection, for their assistance in bringing this letter to light.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Tchaikovsky may have been referring here to [[Letter 3838]], in which he complained  to [[Aleksey Suvorin]], the owner and editor of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;New Time&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Новое время) in [[Saint Petersburg]], about that newspaper&amp;#039;s lack of coverage of his European tour. As this letter was sent from [[Tiflis]] on 15/27 April 1889, it is possible that he may have drafted it in [[Paris]] or [[London]], but delayed sending it until the following month.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;note4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The composer&amp;#039;s brother, [[Anatoly]] was the state prosecutor in [[Tiflis]] at this time.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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