Monday, January 6:
R. had a good night and now intends to get on with the composition - up till now he has only been inking in his penciled sketches. Cheerful breakfast! When I tell him my only wish is that this year be as good as the last, he says, “It will be even better; Parsifal will be completed, and then I won’t bother myself about anything at all.”
R. does not go out today, and we spend the evening alone together, after having had a great deal of fun with the children at supper. We go through friend Wolzogen’s “Language” and discuss once more the distasteful subject of K[ellermann]: “The fact that I have put up with this poor creature for so long shows how happy I am with you and the children.”