Saturday, March 27:
Unfortunately not a good night for R. I have to prepare the linen in the morning; he still has orchestra troubles, they are raising their terms so high that the cost will be very much increased. A Herr v. Sydow writes from Hamburg inquiring about the Logier method, having read in the autobiography that R. learned composition through it; he says he has made investigations and cannot find it anywhere! R. replies to him in good spirits. Lovely weather, spring air, a lot of birds outside - if only life were not so harassing and I could devote myself entirely to the only one who matters!
In the evening read Gfrorer; R., whose mind is much occupied with the story of his conversion to Catholicism, puts it down to his horrible philosophical outlook - if Gfrorer had known Schopenhauer, he would probably not have taken such a step.