Friday, December 10:
Fog again. R. cannot work; I drive once more to Father Christmas. In the evening business letters: Count Flav., Rothschild, etc. Later Tristram Shandy. R. very agitated. "A musician is a veritable ox," he says.
Cosima's Diaries
Diary Entry of December 10, 1869
Overview
Fog prevents Richard from working, while Cosima again drives out for Christmas errands. Business letters to Flavigny, Rothschild, and others occupy the evening. Tristram Shandy follows, but Richard remains agitated and calls the musician a veritable ox.