Clive Brown wrote that "it has been rumoured that papers tend to substantiate the notion of an affair between Mendelssohn and Lind, though with what degree of reliability must remain highly questionable".
Clive Brown afirma que se rumoreou que os documentos tenden a xustificar a noción da relación entre Mendelssohn e Lind, aínda que cun grao de fiabilidade que debería ser altamente cuestionable».