Friday, December 5:
R. was dissatisfied with the Thursday gathering, which left him with a headache, but he works nonetheless. He is still having much vexation with the house.
In the evening, since I am doing a lot of work for the Christkind, he takes over the reading. Not wanting to read Luther’s life amid dolls’ hats, he takes up Freytag’s book and reads us the account of the deputation to Attila, very interesting, though Freytag’s style is terrible, full of affectation and Tacitean mannerisms.