Sunday, December 19:
The children have brought back very bad reports. My reproaches about this get a very dismal reception from Daniella; Boni also relapses into invective, but then feels real remorse; Daniella, poor child, seems to have decided that she will achieve something by defiance! ... What remains for me to do? ... Is this to become the great trial of my life? ...
In the evening music, Handel’s Saint Cecilia, pleasure in its magnificent individual features.