 This was followed by a torrent of anti-"Beatrice" letters, then a pro-Bellini reply, which laid the blame on Romani.This provoked a response from Romani himself, presenting his case against Bellini based largely on the composer's inability to decide on a subject and then finding his "melodramma" "touched up in a thousand ways", in order to make it acceptable to "the Milords of the Thames [who] await him", a sarcastic reference to Bellini's planned trip to London to stage the opera there.A further "cannonade" from Romani (says Weinstock) appeared in Milan's "L'Eco" in April.