At last able again to work a little with the children. Invited to a coffee party, and having gone there, I am fetched away because Herr Niemann[i] has arrived. His admiration for our house gives R. great pleasure, and the way in which he treats Frl. Brandt is so curious that we are amused by the great ingeniousness of the acting profession, which once struck Goethe.
[i] Albert Niemann (1831 – 1917) sang Wagner’s Parisian Tannhäuser in 1861 and, despite his temperamental nature, was Wagner’s first choice when there was an important tenor role at stake.