Thursday, October 14:
R. dreamed that I had had many objections to make concerning the Nibelungen and that I described my doubts in a twelve-page letter to him. Much amused by this absurdity, we embark on a splendid day.
In the afternoon a trip to Murano, which brings many jokes from R., since he finds it ridiculous to leave Venice to see Murano; the cathedral makes him downright indignant, but Bellini's picture, particularly the Doge in it, attracts his earnest attention.
In the evening Rub. plays the Eroica under R.'s very lively instruction, and afterward I read “The Children Next Door” from Elective Affinities. Certain words used by Goethe, such as Societät, strike R. again and again as signs of his curious dependence.