Friday, January 7:
Departure of Daniella. I clearly feel that in her the severest trial of my life has been inflicted on me.
The day is dull, the evening too. R. and I long for him to be able to get down to work!
Cosima's Diaries
Diary Entry of January 7, 1876
Overview
Daniella leaves, and the departure feels like the hardest trial the diarist has yet faced. The day is uniformly gray, marked by longing for Wagner to return to work and by a general sense of heaviness.