Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of July 25, 1873

Overview

An evening conversation left R. shaken by nightmares in which he imagined bandits and feared exposure over stolen money. The diary then jumps forward two weeks, resuming from memory. Captain von Steinitz and his wife arrived and stayed for the evening. Although the lady meant well, her theatrical habits made R. doubt he could endure her easily.

Content

Friday, July 25:

As a result of our evening conversation, R. has horrible dreams about bandits, and gets to the stage of asking himself in terror whether it will be discovered that he stole 60,000 florins.

(Interruption of 14 days. I take up my diary again on Friday, August 8, and write from memory.)

Captain von Steinitz and wife arrive and spend the evening with us. The good lady has the best intentions, but also all the bad theatrical habits, and R. hardly thinks he will be able to