Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of March 20, 1874

Overview

Bad weather and mixed signs from afar color the day, with flowers arriving from Italy even as tension rises at home. The writer feels stung by R.’s jealousy over her French correspondence, and the evening reading of Tieck offers a more reflective end to a somewhat sad day.

Content

Friday, March 20:

Snow flurries, at the same time flowers from Malwida in Italy! At the house with R.

In the morning a letter to Prof. Nietzsche about his treatise; R. accuses me of forgetting my German, he is very jealous of the fact that I have been receiving and writing so many letters in French. Feeling of sadness.

In the evening Tieck’s essay on ways of reciting verses.