“Her sender jeg Dem den lille Romance De hørte forleden Aften, De skulde endnu have et Digt, men ingen af de mange jeg har seet igjennem finder jeg værdig en Plads i Deres saa vel udstyrede Bog; skulde De derfor endnu behøve et Stykke fra min Haand, da kan jeg - De vil heraf see jeg har den bedste Villie til at tjene Dem - kun tilbyde Dem at vælge selv et Parti i mit større Digt: Ahasverus [...]. Jeg glæder mig altid ved at see Dem, De hører til de Mennesker, som altid i mit Livs Eventyr bringer Solskin og aandig Luftning. [...].”

(ENG: “I am sending you the short romance you heard the other night. You should also have had a poem, but none of the many I have looked through, I find worthy of a place in your well equipped book; Should you therefore still need a play from my hand, I can - you see I have the best intentions of serving you - only offer you to choose yourself a part of my longer poem: Ahasverus [...]. I am always delighted to see you. You belong among the people that always in my life’s fairy tale bring sunshine and spiritual aeration. [...].”)

There are only 8 registered letters from HCA for PLM in SDU's letter archive.

Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.