CHAPTER X. The Year 1810--Disappointing Decrease in

Productivity--The Music for “Egmont”--Money from Clementi, and a Marriage Project--A New Infatuation Prompts Attention to Dress--Therese Malfatti--Beethoven’s Relations with Bettina von Arnim--Her Correspondence with Goethe--A Question of Authenticity Discussed--Beethoven’s Letter to Bettina--An Active Year with the Publishers 170