Diary Entry of August 17, 1877
While the writer handles lessons and domestic tasks, the composer still cannot fully return to work. A visitor presents material that worries him, reinforcing his sense that others are borrowing or misunderstanding his ideas and strengthening his determination to build a school of his own.
Friday, August 17:
Lessons and household for me; for R., I fear, no resumption of work yet. In the evening Herr Zumpe comes along with a ballad opera; R. is very concerned and asks him where he learned the things he is now showing him, certainly not from him! His resolve to found a school strengthened!