Thursday, September 21:
Always children’s affairs; R. works. Pleasant meal with our nephew. I also write to Tausig’s father, in order to get back the manuscript of Tristan und Isolde.
In the afternoon, visit from Herr Grammann, who still pleases R. very much. Bad weather; I spend the whole afternoon playing with the children. R. talks a lot about religion and music.
In the evening, when he returns home, he greets Fidi with particular tenderness, talks of his work, of the role music plays in it, and says, “It is for you, my Fidi, that all these fine things are being done by your poor papa, who owes his life to your mother.”