Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of April 7, 1875

Overview

R. had been preoccupied with minuets and exhausted by everything on his mind, though he laughed at my bookkeeping with the cook. Even the minor relief that the orchestra-pit changes would not be too costly could not dispel the larger cloud of worries, including tedious talk with the mayor about restaurants.

Content

Wednesday, April 7:

Some days ago R. told me his head was full of minuets; one of them he wrote down. Otherwise he is very worn out. Luckily the alterations to the orchestra pit will not cost too much, and R. laughs when he sees me doing accounts with my cook.

In the evening, some acquaintances. R. returns with the mayor to the unhappy subject of restaurants. Too many worries of various kinds are clashing in heart and mind.