Tuesday, October 30:
R. works; I am with the children and do a little on the translation. Despite November weather, R. goes for a little walk and feels somewhat better.
He writes to Dr. Eiser about his work, very nicely. In the evening, the third act of Der Holländer.
Herr Pollini writes to R., accepting R.’s conditions, but he wants to begin with Die Walküre; he will give an advance of 16,000 marks, which will be earned by the year ’80; up till then, 4 percent royalties, and after that, 8 percent.