The Pianoforte Concerto in C minor was then in the hands of the engraver; upon its publication in November, Prince Louis Ferdinand’s name appeared upon the title. Concerning the compositions of the Prince, Beethoven remarked: “Now and then there are pretty bits in them”--so said Czerny. Before this time Beethoven and Breuning “met each other by accident and a complete reconciliation took place and every inimical resolve of Beethoven’s, despite their vigorous expression in the two letters, was wholly forgotten.”--(Ries.) And not this alone; he “laid his peace offering on the altar of reconciliation.” It was the best picture of himself which exists from those years, a beautiful miniature painted upon ivory by Hornemann, still in the possession of Breuning’s heirs. With it he sent the following letter: Let us bury behind this picture forever, my dear Steffen, all that for a time has ~passed between us~. I know that I broke your heart. The feelings within me which you must have noticed have sufficiently punished me for that. It was not ~wickedness~ that I felt towards you; no, if that were so I should never again be worthy of your friendship; passion on ~your part~ and ~on mine~; but mistrust of you arose in me; men came between us who are not worthy of ~you~ and ~me~. My portrait was long ago intended for you; you know that I always intended it for somebody. To whom could I give it with so warm a heart as to you, faithful, good, noble Steffen! Forgive me if I have pained you; I suffered no less. When I no longer saw you near me I felt for the first time how dear to ~my~ heart you are and always will be. Surely you will come to my arms again as in past days. Nor was the reconciliation on Breuning’s part less perfect. On the 13th of November he writes to Wegeler and, to excuse his long silence, says: