“Kjære Møller! først nu er jeg kommet i Ro, først nu kan jeg sende Dem hvad De forlangte, denne min Udtalelse for Dem; [...] jeg har omtrent fulgt den Maneer hvori de Anbefalinger vare skrevne jeg engang fik af Oehlenschlæger, Heiberg og Andre, da jeg søgte om Reise-understøttelse. – Om man tager nogen Notits af mine Ord veed jeg ikke [...]. Jeg bliver her i Oldenborg henved 14 Dage, boer hos en elskværdig formuende Familie, hvor jeg er en velkommen Gjæst [...]. I Grunden begriber jeg ikke ret hvorfor ”vor Herre“ er mig saa god, jeg føler mig saa glad, saa lykkelig, og jeg faaer jo mere Erkjendelse, end jeg fortjener. [...] Jeg skriver her flink paa min Roman, der som De veed, bevæger sig i Danmark, jeg er saaledes ikke ude at samle Stof, som man siger, jeg er ude for ret fri at kunne sætte paa Papiret hvad jeg har i mig! [...].”

(ENG: “Dear Møller! Only now have I achieved a peace of mind, only now I can send you what you requested, this my statement to you; [...] I have roughly followed the manner, in which the recommendations I once got from Oehlenschlæger, Heiberg and others were written, as I applied for a travel stipend – whether one takes any notice of my words I do not know [...]. I'll stay here in Oldenburg approximately 14 days, living with an amiable, wealthy family, where I am welcome as a guest. [...]. I am at times confounded as to why ”Our Lord“ is so good to me, I feel so joyful, so happy, and I receive more recognition than I deserve. [...] I write here diligently on my novel, which as you know, takes place in Denmark. I'm therefore not out to collect material, as one says, I'm out to free myself to put on paper what I have in me! [...]. ”)

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

Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.