Saturday, April 7:
A gloomy, very gloomy day! Herr Gross visits me, to report that Düfflipp has told his father-in-law in Munich that, according to the contract made in 1865, R. has no right to sell the Nibelungen work to Vienna or anywhere else; a copy of this contract has also been sent to the firm of Feustel and Gross. R. much agitated and vexed about this; he writes to Councilor Düfflipp, requesting that the contract be annulled, since in view of the failure of his Bayreuth plans he has no alternative but to release the work. He adds that he no longer has any objection to its performance in Munich. At one o'clock arrival of Frau Dr. Herz from Altenburg; at my request she examines the children. I am thunderstruck when it turns out that Isolde is very round-shouldered and should be sent to the institute in Altenburg. Silent tears! My father forwards a letter from Herr Ullmann, who has seen Hans in Paris and describes the utterly demoralized mood in which he found him! Prayers and more prayers.