Saturday, June 3:
R. is somewhat indisposed; the Vogl affair is upsetting him, and the expected arrival of Herr Batz is a burden on him. He had hoped to see this gentleman only in friend Gross’s office, but then he comes along with his wife and throws R. into a fury with his way of behaving.
Nothing is accomplished today, and a conference is out of the question. A letter from Richter reports the great success of Die Meistersinger in London and fills us, just at the right moment, with the news of how excellent the tenor Winkelmann was. At the same time we receive a French newspaper which describes the encoring of Tristan und Isolde in Aachen as a sign of the times.
After all these somewhat varied news items, R. tells us of Garibaldi’s death, adding that he was a classical figure and belonged to the time of Timoleon.
In the evening R. is very tired.