Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of April 8, 1876

Overview

She spends part of the day teaching the children, gets outdoors briefly, and later enjoys a moonlit walk with the family despite Fidi’s hoarseness. A parrot arrives and delights the children, while Frau Voggenhuber agrees to sing Sieglinde; meanwhile a novel from Berlin with a heroine named Cosima stirs a strange feeling.

Content

Saturday, April 8:

Taught the children, went outdoors for a short while, then with our hoarse Fidi! In the evening walked in the moonlight together.

The parrot arrives; it is to be called Platho, after Herr Feustel’s partner, who chose it! Great joy among the children. Frau Voggenhuber accepts Sieglinde.

Dr. Heigel sends from Berlin a novel in which the heroine’s name is Cosima, a curious feeling. The children to the Fantaisie, I at home with Fidi.