Wednesday, October 28:
Departure of the painter, who thanks us for the “material and moral benefits” which he received here. R. again immersed himself in The Battle of Spichern and was restless in consequence.
Yesterday evening Fidi entertained us with his account of the 12 boys (“I’ve had enough of girls”) with whom he would one day live, and how he would examine his sisters’ nails before allowing them to touch his books, etc. Herr Runckwitz came in the afternoon - trouble with the orchestra pit in the theater, there has been some miscalculation.
News of the death of Peter Cornelius: another being swept away whose fate was in many ways linked with our own!