Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of July 9, 1875

Overview

With the children due to arrive, the day was spent in final preparations and a solitary departure, colored by an eerie sense of emptiness and mortality. By evening the children were there, bringing intense emotion and lively chatter.

Content

Friday, July 9:

Many last-minute preparations for the children’s arrival; departure at 1 o’clock; planning in solitude, a curious feeling, if Death were to come at such a time it would find little to take, so lifeless am I.

At half past eight the children, much emotion and much chattering.