"Well," I answered, rather lamely, "I-I told him, of course, that I would guarantee the payment of his honorarium, and he answered that he must try your voice first, because, if it was not promising, he would refuse to waste his time on it.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick
The points mentioned in his letter have, I hope, been settled verbally by Herr Genast, especially that about the honorarium, which I am willing to give up altogether.
"Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1"
Francis Hueffer (translator)
Apart from this, I have good hope that Herr von Zigesar, from whom I enclose a few lines, will be able to send you in a few days one hundred thalers, independently of the honorarium for "Lohengrin," which will be about thirty louis d'or.
"Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1"
Francis Hueffer (translator)