Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of November 18, 1869

Overview

Cosima remains anxious over Richard's wretched appearance while he writes to the King and accepts her request to soften potentially offensive passages. She is summoned to the parsonage, marking the first formal step toward divorce. Plato's Euthyphro fills the evening.

Content

Thursday, November 18:

Still concerned about R., who is looking wretched. In the morning he writes to the King; I beg him to alter some passages which might perhaps give offense, and he intends to do so.

In the afternoon I am summoned to appear at the parsonage. First step toward divorce!

In the evening Plato's Euthyphro.