Wednesday, October 20:
The impression too much for me, I have a wild and agitated night; R. divinely kind and patient. I get up but soon have to lie down again, and I sleep all day. R. works; the evening spent chatting.
Cosima's Diaries
Diary Entry of October 20, 1880
Overview
The force of recent impressions left me shaken and sleepless through the night. R. was exceptionally gentle and patient as I took to bed and slept through the day while he worked, and the evening passed quietly in conversation.