Saturday, September 30:
Letter from Dr. Kafka: the Society in Vienna is making great strides, contains fifty members from all walks of life, and now wishes very much for R. to conduct several concerts. Also a letter from Herr Batka, reporting that Dr. Lang paid over the money in question to Hans Richter; a fine imbroglio!
R. has to devote his morning to correspondence and is demanding clarity, even if, as he says, he must be prepared to hear unpleasant things. I write to my father and send the letter off after showing it to R.
Dull, wet weather; the children prepare tableaux vivants, in which Lusch displays much skill and invention. Constantin Frantz sends his book Das neue Deutschland in the hope of convincing R.; there are certainly some excellent things in it, but no recognition of the power of facts.