Paris
Paris, 11 July 1890
MR. JOSE RIZAL
Brussels
DEAR FRIEND:
I change my mind. I am giving up this year my trip to Germany and Switzerland for reasons which I will tell you when we meet.
If you are remaining there, I am thinking of paying you a visit; I do not know when, because I do not want to plan anymore so that I will not be called a “man of projects.” I believe it might be the 22nd, but I will write you, because my trip depends on the mail that I would receive from Manila, which should arrive on the 20th.
With regard to the room, there is no need to hurry. If I cannot have one in the same house as yours, I believe that rooms in a hotel will not be lacking in Brussels.
I do not know if you are already informed that Trinidad Pardo is father of a boy for the second time. Tomorrow is the baptism
Your friend who esteems you.
V. VENTURA
03-557 [Reformists]