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—move into the new house! It is not yet finished, far from it, but we shall conquer. Nice lunch at the Feustels’; at 4 o’clock consecration of the dining room with a conference among Herr Hoffmann, Brandt, Brückwald, the management committee, and the Brückner brothers, scene painters from Coburg. At…
View moreAll the exertions of moving, during which I receive a terrible blow with the news of Marie Muchanoff’s mortal illness and awful pain . . . Many treasures from the rich contents of mind and heart are now lost to this book for ever, since, numbed by the shock and…
View moreI am again confined to my bed and am now a completely useless member of the family! — I ask R. to bring me Woodstock, and he is glad that I wish to read it, saying, “I was thinking only recently that history is only enjoyable in the hands of…
View moreR. plagued by a headache in consequence of the Thursday gathering, he cannot work and goes to the house; I cannot give him support, since, being beset by a severe cough, I have to stay at home. In the evening R. says to me: “I believe it would not take…
View moreStill under house arrest, and the house looking like a desert, since curtains and furniture have already been removed. R. does not work, but writes to the King’s secretary, “amiably” complaining that though a great favor has been granted him, he has received no word about it. In the evening…
View moreDull gray weather, I spend morning and afternoon with the children, writing letters. R. works, goes to the house twice during the day, has a bath, and also keeps an eye on everything. In the evening some more fine scores arrive from Paris, and R. plays me parts of Fa…
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