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Chopin's first brush with the hated tribe of publishers begins
here, and he adopts as his motto the pleasing device, "Pay, thou
animal," a motto he strictly adhered to; in money matters Chopin
was very particular. The bulk of his extant correspondence is
devoted to the exposure of the ways and wiles of music
publishers. "Animal" is the mildest term he applies to them,
"Jew" the most frequent objurgation. After all Chopin was very
Polish.
He missed his friends the Blahetkas, who had gone to Stuttgart,
and altogether did not find things so promising as formerly. No
profitable engagements could be secured, and, to cap his misery,
Titus, his other self, left him to join the revolutionists in
Poland November 30. His letters reflect his mental agitation and
terror over his parents' safety. A thousand times he thought of
renouncing his artistic ambitions and rushing to Poland to fight
for his country. He never did, and his indecision--it was not
cowardice--is our gain. Chopin put his patriotism, his wrath and
his heroism into his Polonaises.


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