Thursday, August 31:
Departures; nevertheless our evening reception was very overcrowded, with many English people, among them a reverend who, though very Jesuitical, nevertheless declares himself to be enraptured.
Cosima's Diaries
Diary Entry of August 31, 1876
Overview
People were departing, yet our evening reception was still crammed with guests, especially many English visitors. Among them was a reverend who struck me as thoroughly Jesuitical, though he claimed to be delighted.