Tuesday, April 4:
A letter from Councilor Dufflipp; the same old song! The King wants Siegfried and is offended by R.’s writing so truthfully about the performances in Munich. However, he wishes to send D. R. arranges for a meeting in Augsburg, but he is sad, for once again he has not been understood.
Yesterday I received a letter from Frau Wesendonck, who is traveling to Germany with her family. Her letter is of no account, yet I am attracted by everything which comes from this quarter, since she was once so good to R.
Letter from Cornelius; my poem is not ready yet. Good article on Beethoven in an English periodical, Academy; the author, Franz Huffer, a German acquaintance of Prof. Nietzsche’s and a former opponent of R. Ottilie also writes; she is looking forward to seeing us. The thought of going away depresses me; I feel as if, in leaving Tribschen, I am not doing right.
Wednesday, April 5: Prof. N. reads to me from a work, The Origin and Aim of Greek Tragedy, which he wants to dedicate to R.; great delight over that. In it one sees a gifted man imbued with R.’s ideas in his own way. We are spending these days in a lively discussion of our plans.
Dr. Gruppe writes from Berlin that R. can give his lecture there on the 28th. Luise Brockhaus announces her removal and the marriage of her granddaughter to Arnold Frege, which makes me smile: hardly separated from this family, I am again connected with it through R.’s relations! The world is indeed small.
Walk to Winkel.