Tuesday, December 16:
Siegfried and Eva are really ill! R. is somewhat better, but still chained to his upstairs room. I read to him from K. Ritter's Virginia, but it is no use; I get a yawning fit, and R. is vexed.
Cosima's Diaries
Diary Entry of December 16, 1879
Overview
The children were both ill, and R. remained confined upstairs, leaving the household strained and restless. A reading from K. Ritter failed to hold anyone's attention, and the day ended with mutual irritation and weariness.