R. receives a letter from Councilor Dufflipp: the King sends friendly greetings to him and me. He orchestrates a page of Götterdämmerung. In the evening the musicians again; we learn that the article, which has been reproduced in all newspapers, has alarmed some singers, who however much they would like to appear here, do not have the means to do so without payment. In such ways can this unholy press cause damage .and difficulties! — It is also a curious thing
that the inscription on our house has been spread throughout the world in a false form, since the first person to read it read it wrong: instead of “Wähnen” with its pregnant meaning that has something to do with Ahnen [“foreboding, premonition”]—they speak of Wahn [“madness, delusion”]! —