Christine Stampe, Bertel Thorvaldsen
Nysø
H.C. Andersen
København
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Nysøe d. 17 Oct:
1840.
Deres Brev, kiere Andersen er altfor mismodig, De maae endelig ikke, forlade Danmark i den Stemning, Kom nu, smukt først lidt her ud paa Landet, at vi kan snakke godt for dem ? De afmaler Dem alt, meget for sort o s v – – kom her ud saa skal jeg fortælle Dem hvad Kongen sagde om dem, han spurgte, til dem, førend vi havde sunget Deres SangI, eller før han havde seet den, muntlig skal jeg ogsaa takke Dem, og paa Lundbyegaarden er der kommet en meget Smuk Pige, som er meget begierlig efter at giøre Deres Bekiendskab, De er omtrent i samme Stemning som Henrik, i et Brev jeg Idag fik fra ham, tillige med Deres Brev, dog Elisa synes da for ikke nær den grund, at være melankolsk, som han, hvor om alt er, saa kunne De maaskee reise sammen her ud og hvem ved og Jette W. ikke giør Sælskab naar De tager med, og er hendes Broder Peter kommet, saa faae ham endelig med, imidlertid levæl, og kom snart
Christine.
apropos
De maae tænke paa noget til d. 19de Nv: enten en lille Comedie eller sligt, som vi her kunde udføre, jeg nævner ikke til hvem, da han vil føie et par Ord hertil og Navnet da ville falde ham i Øinene; – Har de tid saa gaae hen og see til Fr: Schwarzen og spørgt hende om hun snart kan komme her ud da vi savner lidt Musik. levæl. –
[Indføjet med Thorvaldsens hånd]
Lev Vel gode Ven ver med godt mod og see at komme snart ud af det vrøvl. Jeg seer Dem nok her før De Rieser hvis ikke saa sees vi i Rom
Albert Thorvaldsen
[Fortsat med Christine Stampes hånd]
Nu begynder jeg igien, Thorvaldsen beder Dem sige til Conferensraad Collin at han slet ikke husker hvor gammel hans Datter Søn er, den første blev født et Aar efter at, Datteren havde haft Brøllup, og den Anden (som nu er død,) en halvanden Aar seenere, han beder Dem hilse Conferensraaden saa og Deres hengivne
Chr Stampe
Nysoe, October 17th 1840.
Your letter, dear Andersen, is much too despondent, you must certainly not leave Denmark in this mood. Come now nicely out here into the country first, so that we may try to placate you. You paint everything in black colours, etc. – – come out here and I shall tell you, what the King said about you, he asked about you, before we had sung your song, or before he had seen it; verbally I must also thank you, and at the Lundbyegaard there is now a rather beautiful girl who is very keen on making your acquaintance. You are almost in the same mood as Henry, in a letter I received from him today as well as your letter; however, Elisa does not seem to be melancholy for this reason, such as he is, However, it may be that perhaps you could travel out here together and who knows if Jette W would not keep you company, as you are coming, and if her brother Peter has arrived, then do take him with you, in the meantime take care and do come soon.
Christine
apropos
You must think of something for November 19th, either a short play or such, which we could perform here, I won’t say for whom, as he will add a couple of words to this letter and the name will catch his eye; –
If you have time, will you see Miss Schwarzen and ask her if she can come out here soon as we miss some music. Take care. –
[added in Thorvaldsen’s hand]
Take care of yourself, good friend, be comfortable and see to it that you get out of the troubles. I shall probably see you here, before you leave, if not, then we shall meet in Rome
Albert Thorvaldsen
[continued in Christine Stampe’s hand]
Now I start again, Thorvaldsen asks you to tell Konferensråd Collin that he does not at all remember how old his daughter’s son is, the first one was born a year after the daughter’s wedding, and the other (who is now deceased) some 18 months later. He then asks you to give his regards to the Konferensråd, and from yours
sincerely,
Chr Stampe
[Translated by Karen Husum]
Sidst opdateret 23.05.2016
Jf. sang af 2.10.1840 fra H.C. Andersen til Christian 8. og Caroline Amalie.