Thursday, June 15:
R.’s condition ever worse! Again no possibility of running the rehearsal. Today the 2nd act - but when he is not there, nothing can be done; good will, application, etc., are no help. As I was driving up, Herr Feustel called me into his office to ask me if I am still prepared to come to the aid of the undertaking with my expected inheritance, since things are in a bad way. I say yes and write at once to Claire, inquiring when I might expect to receive my 40,000 francs; these I shall hand over first, then I intend to apply to my father for my dowry - in God’s name! Feustel does not seem to believe that all the