Wednesday, February 12:
Fine winter weather, family lunch. An act of disobedience by Daniella makes me lose my temper, which I regret all the more since R. reproaches me and says he fears I am not always just.
Mood of sadness at the day’s ending.
Cosima's Diaries
Diary Entry of February 12, 1873
Overview
A winter day of family routine ends in irritation and self-reproach. The narrator is unsettled by Daniella’s disobedience and feels guilty about losing temper, especially after Wagner criticizes the fairness of that reaction. The emotional tone is subdued and uneasy, closing the sequence on a note of domestic tension rather than resolution.