Tuesday, December 4:
R. had a tolerable night and he works. But school and periodical (“Schule und Schournal,” as he jokingly alliterates it) are causing him difficulties; he would most prefer not to start anything new outside, and the enrollments are so few that it seems almost absurd not to turn down the half-dozen people concerned. However, the presence here of H. v. Wolzogen, who is otherwise of much value to us, obliges R. to find some activity for him. And so the periodical! The idea of addressing any more words to the public is distasteful to R., and my only desire is that he have tranquillity in order to create. A curious situation. In the evening R. and I laugh heartily about it, in spite of the worry it causes us.