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Sometime before this [[friendzone]] Beethoven attempted to kiss her, which she rejected. | Sometime before this [[friendzone]] Beethoven attempted to kiss her, which she rejected. | ||
Another rejection from her occurred in her house as he was about to leave for Vienna. | Another rejection from her occurred in her house as he was about to leave for Vienna, one in which he behaved in a way he later regretted. He later wrote in a letter to her: | ||
“Although it has been a year since you have heard from me, you have been constantly and most vividly in my thoughts, and very often I have conversed in spirit with you and your dear family, though frequently not as calmly as I should have wished. For whenever I did so I was always reminded of that unfortunate quarrel. My conduct at that time really was quite detestable. But what was done could not be undone. Oh, what I would give to be able to blot out of my life my behaviour at that time, behaviour which did me so little honour, and which was so out of character for me … It is said that the sincerest repentance is only to be found when the criminal himself confesses his crime, and this is what I have wanted to do. So now let us draw a curtain over the whole affair.” | |||