Letters; once again some household inconveniences! – Visits, including a singer from Bremen (Wilde), who seems quite capable. She sings the prayer from “Tannhäuser”, which, as always, moves and deeply touches me.
At four o’clock, we are picked up for the banquet of the Artists’ Association, which goes pleasantly, though it takes a little longer than expected. The board members tell me that when they first thought of inviting R., many of the artists had given a discouraging description of his manner, claiming that he would throw the invitation back in their faces, etc. But now, they experienced a triumph in R.’s kindness.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.