Arose late, in a gloomy mood! R. must once more write a letter to Herr Fürstner; he will not desist from his demand, and R. will likely have to withdraw the new scene of “Tannhäuser”! Added to this, the most melancholy impressions from the “Lohengrin” rehearsals! Quartet soirée at Hellmesberger’s! In the evening, our friends the Standharters. — In the morning, some anonymous persons, in mockery, sent an old wretched baton with the motto “so far as the means suffice,” taken from R.’s address to the public! — — —
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.