Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of December 29, 1874

Overview

After the previous night’s worry, the speaker responds by arranging safer childcare and trying to restore order. The children return cheerful and full of anecdotes, and the evening settles into a more relaxed domestic rhythm with no formal reading, only family play and a glance at business matters.

Content

Tuesday, December 29:

As a result of yesterday evening, I write to the headmistress and ask her to take my children about the time we go away. The children, invited out, return home in high spirits, Fidi full of stories. No reading in the evening, playing with the children downstairs. I read R.’s letter about the performance of Jessonda.