More letter-writing without end! Friendly letters and business ones; among the latter is an inquiry to Bon Seydlitz[1] regarding the advance! …
Ever renewed delight in little Fidi. The children out skating! In the evening took up some sonatas by Scarlatti, without much pleasure in them. — Took a long walk with R. in the court garden; speech was nearly impossible, the mind too heavily burdened — we cannot avoid the painful subjects, and what use is discussion?
[1] Baron Reinhard von Seydlitz, painter and writer, from 1876 president of the Munich Wagner Society.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.