Back at his hotel Mahler received a letter from Thomas Mann, which referred to the composer as "the man who, as I believe, expresses the art of our time in its profoundest and most sacred form".
De volta no seu hotel, Mahler recibiu unha carta de Thomas Mann, que se referiu ao compositor como "o home que, eu creo, expresa a arte do noso tempo na súa forma máis profunda e sagrada».