Monday, January 8:
Hans's birthday! R. unfortunately did not have a good night. From Bayreuth the banker Feustel and the mayor suddenly announce a visit. They actually come, spend the day with us, and please me very much. They offer another site for the theater, better than the one previously chosen, and we settle on moving there in the summer. Letters from Herr v. Loen and Councilor DiifHipp.
In the evening the completion of Agamemnon. When I tell R. that not only the tremendous naivete but also the tremendous mastery of it move me so much, R. says, 'Not just mastery, but craftsmanship - it is as if carved in stone.'