Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of October 26, 1874

Overview

After a poor night, she spends the morning recuperating as R. reads to her from his study of Spichern before returning to his own work. Their house project nears completion, and the evening finds him absorbed in his score, grimly claiming a character has been killed off.

Content

Monday, October 26:

I had a bad night and spend part of the morning resting; when I awake, I find R. at the coffee table, occupied with The Battle of Spichern; he reads some of it to me, then goes to his work. Our sgraffito is now all but finished.

In the evening R. works on his score and strikes Gunther dead, as he puts it.