C major, 4/4 time. It has no specific title, but is marked with three small stars (also used in Nos. 26 and 30). When Eugenie asked Clara about this cipher, Clara replied that it probably represented a parent's thoughts about their children. At the beginning, it is marked "to be played slowly and with feeling," and tempo indications are also given throughout the piece. The two-bar theme at the beginning quotes the line "You will be rewarded in a better world," sung by Florestan in the Trio No. 13 from Act II of Beethoven’s opera Fidelio.