Fates Warning - Pleasant Shade Of Gray: Part 2

In Augsburg, Beethoven stopped on his way to Vienna and back. Judging by the fact that he managed to make some acquaintances there, the stop was not entirely fleeting. Perhaps Ludwig was simply stuck there due to lack of funds. The kind man von Schaden did not remain indifferent to the misfortunes of the young traveler and not only warmed and encouraged him, but also lent him 27 florins. It is a lot or a little - depending on how you judge. For some logger it was a lot of money (the Mozart family paid only 12 florins a year to their maid Elizabeth in 1784). A wealthy lawyer, like Shaden, could part with such a sum quite painlessly. Perhaps his wife, Maria Anna, who was a good pianist and even composed a little music herself, prompted him to generosity. We do not know whether the debt was eventually paid;in a letter, Beethoven told Shaden about the difficult circumstances of his existence after the death of his mother and apologized for not being able to return the money.