Monday, September 4:
Last departure; family lunch for the first time. I am very tired, go to bed. Fine autumn day. The days following the last cycle were terrible, whereas the weather was very kind to the performances themselves.
Cosima's Diaries
Diary Entry of September 4, 1876
Overview
With the final departure, they held their first family lunch, but exhaustion overtook me and I had to lie down. The weather was splendid, which stood in sharp contrast to the miserable days that followed the last cycle, even though the performances themselves had enjoyed kind conditions.