Wednesday, May 3:
Better news: Herr v. Hülsen reports with amiable brevity that everything has now been arranged; Herr Jauner puts off Die Walküre at least until January; Frl. Scheffsky will be arriving next Monday.
R. sends a telegram to the King in the belief that their first meeting was 12 years ago today; the King sends a nice greeting, correcting him - it was on the 4th.
R. rehearses the last scene of the third act and is satisfied; he relates that the theme 'angst du mir nicht dein Wissen' etc. occurred to him on the road from Hergeschwyl once, while he was driving home with me. Connection of motives with localities, the American march, for instance, with the old gate here.
He talks about the beauty of Schiller's The Diver, which he read today with much delight in the new Elzevier edition, its artistic perfection.
Much enjoyment in the evening from M. Bernays's introduction to the correspondence between Goethe and Fr. Aug. Wolf. Good style, very good tone and outlook, and a highly interesting subject.