Voltaire writes that he received Walther’s message immediately after reproaching him for his silence. He says that he would like to repair the wrong they both suffered by not seeing one another when Voltaire was in Saxe. Voltaire then turns to the possible publication of one of his manuscripts, likely La Pucelle d’Orleans. He notes that he would like to send Walther his manuscript but that he has heard about a learned young man who has worked on the same subject and who may have done so more successfully than Voltaire. He also notes that he is hesitant about sending the book to a German publisher because of how this may be perceived in France, adding that it might be best to suppress his work as the work of the young man may make his work useless. He concludes that they should wait to publish his work.