Great heat, R. not feeling well, gives up his course of the spring waters. No welcome news from any quarter; the patronages are not increasing, while on the other hand various demands are mounting — for example, Madame Materna demanding 30 gulden per day.
Much nonsense among it all: a visit from the bank director Dösterling, author of a “Galilei”, an opera in three acts; a letter from Countess Fürstenstein seeking a decision as to whether Telramund is evil by nature or merely led to evil; a Saxon gentleman requests something from the latest composition, as the Evening Star in “Tannhäuser” pleases him so greatly! We resolve to make an excursion to Alexandersbad.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.