Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of May 26, 1878

Overview

R. is well and productive, and she is occupied with letters and preserving the record of their festival. Their walk with the dogs and the evening reading offer peaceful contrast to a lingering unease about mortality.

Content

Sunday, May 26:

R. works and is feeling well; I write all kinds of letters, after committing to paper the scenario of our little festival. R. remembers this performance with delight: “I could have eaten the children up in my gratitude and emotion,” he says. Wonderful letter to me from our friend Glasenapp, with touching enclosures.

In the afternoon a walk with R., many adventures with the three dogs, merriment. In the evening Kenilworth.

A curious feeling of apprehension has had me in its grip these last few days, oh, this mortal life! ...