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On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms:
My Dear Managers: / So it is to be war between us? / If you still care for peace, here is my ultimatum. It consists of the four following conditions: / You must give me back my private box; and I wish it to be at my free disposal from henceforward. / The part of Margarita shall be sung this evening by Christine Daaé. Never mind about Carlotta; she will be ill. / I absolutely insist upon the good and loyal services of Mme. Giry, my box-keeper, whom you will reinstate in her functions forthwith. / Let me know by a letter handed to Mme. Giry, who will see that it reaches me, that you accept, as your predecessors did, the conditions in my memorandum-book relating to my monthly allowance. I will inform you later how you are to pay it to me.