R. very worn out, but he decides to look again at the maquettes, and that takes us up to nearly 4 o’clock.
Alone in the evening, started ‘Edward III, the beginning very Shakespearean. At lunch R. now talks a lot about Fallmerayer’s book on Morea, the appearance of the Frankish knights in Greece; he finds the establish ment of the empire by Villehardouin unusually absorbing, its character very different from that of Byzantium. It makes him laugh a lot to see that Villehardouin is not mentioned in the Conversations-Lexikon. —
Letter from Richter, asking very touchingly that we not lose confidence in him! — Herr Sadler also writes, saying that his wife (Frau Grün) would be inclined to take over the part of Sieglinde!! — Marie Dönhoff sends two signed certificates of patronage.