By Sanford Friedman
Ahead of his demise, Sanford Friedman accomplished this, his ultimate novel, anything solely various from whatever he, or for that subject an individual, had written earlier than - Conversations with Beethoven, a relocating meditation on greatness and pettiness, vulnerability and genius, that's as elegiac because it is witty and engaging.
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N let drop that you spent the night on • • • Great Maestro, please forgive the interruption, I did not mean • • • Please not be angry Mister Beethoven—he make me bring this. Great Maestro, I would ask you not to scold the housekeeper for bringing you this. Since, however, you ordered me out of the room I feel obliged to account for my behavior. I truly regret having startled you, but believe me I was not trying to spy on you, nor did I read a word of what you were writing. Hence I entreat you to see me again, however briefly, if only to let me reassure you that your former Secretary-sans-salary remains your most loyal and devoted SCHINDLER I fetch him • • • Great Maestro, you have my heartfelt thanks for permitting me Alas, I realize that things will never be the same with us, not at least while Holz is with you.
Maestro, your sister-in-law is right; do leave now. I will delay a moment and find out what I can of why Karl won’t speak to you. Then I shall attend to the matter we discussed earlier. • • • Maestro, you were wise not to come with me to the police; the officiousness and the posturing were extremely tedious. As you already know from Dr. Dogl, suicide is punishable by law. Karl will receive a serious reprimand and be placed under police surveillance; worse still, you yourself, as guardian, will have to appear before the Magistrate tomorrow.
Please come and have dinner with us today at the usual time, 2 o’clock; it will be just Gerhard and the girls and us (to start with we are having one of your favorites, scrambled eggs and brains). During this trying time, Stephan and I would like you to dine with us as often as you wish, indeed take all your meals with us. And rest assured that it will be no imposition; after all, you are not only Stephan’s oldest friend, but practically a member of the family. Besides, it is but 27 steps from your front door to ours, as Gerhard never tires of telling us.