Diary Entry of October 3, 1870
Fidi's improvement brings Cosima intense relief after days of worry. Smaller anxieties remain over the older children's untruthfulness and the missing Rothschild payment. A trip to town, evening music, and the remembered sight of three swans give the brief entry a movement from concern back toward grace.
Monday, October 3:
Fidi getting better, infinite joy! Concern (slight!) regarding the elder children, because they are so given to telling lies. No money received from Herr Rothschild. To town with R.
Made music in the evening. (Yesterday three swans flew high in the sky above our heads, splendid sight.)