Heckel and Pohl[1] arrive. In the evening, a lovely dinner at the Dönhoffs, followed by a visit to Mrs. v. Meyendorff[2], who has just arrived.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.
[1]Richard Pohl (1826 – 1896) Writer and composer.
[2]Olga von Meyendorff née Princess Gortschakow, wife of the Russian envoy in Weimar Felix von Meyendorff. Dedicatee of several piano works by Liszt.Image: Olga von Mayendorff, described as “peculiar, difficult and witty”, with her son Alexander.