Scotland (1850)

At the end of 1849, the situation in Paris returned to normal. After the death of Chopin, on 17 November 1849, Tellefsen returned to Paris and gave piano lessons until May 1850. That provided him with considerable income, as he took over many of Chopin's wealthy students. For 1850, he planned another visit to Norway, but due to illness he managed to give just one concert in his home city, Trondheim. He had to call off his performance in Christiania (now Oslo) and a contract with the Philharmonic Society in London. At the end of July, he sailed from Christiania to Hull, and then further north to Scotland. On 9 August, he arrived at Eagleton Castle, where he stayed for a month, giving piano lessons to two daughters of the Duke of Coigny. “I am doing marvellously, living with very kind people, who are doing everything to make my stay here as pleasant as possible; my trip to England was long and tedious. It took ten days to reach Hull from Christiania aboard an English steamship (...) I will stay here in Scotland perhaps until 15 September; then I will go back to Honfleur, to stay at the Thiises, and after three weeks I will return to Paris and take up the work where I abandoned it".