Thursday, May 28:
R. takes his Marienbad water, but feels little benefit from it and is in very low spirits. I have to prepare Lulu for her confirmation, and I address myself earnestly to her heart; my theme is the splendid and simple myth of the Fall, the misery that came from it for the world, a misery whose cure can be found only in salvation; our urges are more powerful than we ourselves, but more powerful than these urges is grace, which can change us. This miracle happens every day. The child was much moved. I give her a crucifix.
In the evening a very interesting article by Hans about the failure of a Glinka opera in Milan, implacable toward the Italians.