Diary Entry of August 16, 1871
The children's newly cut hair gives them a boyish appearance against a backdrop of dull weather. Wagner prepares his essays, and the household returns in the evening to Carlyle. Political attention shifts outward to Gastein, where Bismarck and Beust are conferring with their diplomatic entourages, suggesting that wider affairs are again in motion.
Wednesday, August 16:
The children look like boys; their hair has been cut off. Dull weather; R. prepares his essays. In the evening took up Carlyle again.
Something is brewing in the political field: Bismarck and Beust, with diplomatic retinue, are conferring in Gastein.