Wednesday, October 3:
Nasty day for me, paying out the wages, all sorts of children’s and household affairs, the reward for which is a very nasty headache.
In the evening I content myself with reading Beaumarchais’s Barber of Seville with R.
Cosima's Diaries
Diary Entry of October 3, 1877
Overview
Administrative chores and paying wages left the writer with a miserable headache. By evening she only had enough energy to read Beaumarchais with R., making the day feel heavy and thankless.