Dato: 17. marts 1857
Fra: H.C. Andersen   Til: Richard Bentley
Sprog: dansk, engelsk.

[Beckwith Lohmeyers håndskrift/oversættelse]

Be so kind to refer Mrs Bushby to page 262 in the novel [To be or not to be], and give the following information, which perhaps can be given in a note

The here mentioned occurences of the hereditary prince and princess, as well as of Clara Raphal and her sister are drawn from the reality, while the cholera was in Copenhagen. Clara Raphal is the pseudonyme name of Miss Fibiger, a young Danish authoress, who by the apperance of her first book was perhaps too highly valued, but afterwards too severely and mercylessly criticized.

Tekst fra: Solveig Brunholm (microfilmscan 13. 334)