Tuesday, January 31:
We come back to our theme in the morning, that is to say, the differences in our characters as seen from outside, and when he says to me in a friendly way that I am both pride and weakness, and I reply that this does not seem to me a very special mixture, he replies emphatically, “The best for sainthood!,” which makes us laugh. Earlier than expected, as we are still chatting in bed, Lusch is announced. “With Lusch there must always be some excitement,” R. says gaily. The girl arrives around 9 o’clock, and Fidi says, “Tutta un’altra vita” [“A completely different life”]! How much, how much is there to say, with never a pause! Once again the dear child has been looking into life’s ugly countenance. R. immediately drives with her to the Via della Libertà and the Villa Trabia and returns thoroughly satisfied with her - “a splendid child.” The evening also passes in merry chat; a smiling sun greeted her arrival, and now we are together!