The same life! Strange how it uplifts and wearies at once. Dr. Jauner arrives from Vienna, full of plans! I have my own — will God bless it? Richter is here as well — not much cause for joy! [1]
[1] Attached to this page is a telegram, sent on July 18, 1875, at 5 o’clock from Berneck, received at 6 o’clock in Bayreuth: “Richard Wagner, Bayreuth. A thunderous cheer for the master and his wife. The rain-soaked Nibelungs, the drenched Valkyries. Rhine Daughters in their element.”
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.