More visits were made with Elisabeth N. During this, envisioned a conversation with Karl Kolb regarding the inn question, R. occupied with various matters, and I fear quite anxious! Feustel comes to him once again to confer. A growing cause for concern is that I am suddenly strongly advised against the Luisenstift; the pietism there is said to be truly dreadful!! I do not have the courage to enumerate all the heavy questions that now hang over us, and amidst these worries, there are still the efforts to be made!
The first day the concert was advertised is said to have brought in 4000 gulden. Miss Brandt returns the Waltraute. Does not reply to me. No sign of a Sieglinde anywhere. And no Siegfried.
On top of all this, many household annoyances. In the evening, Karl Kolb arrives, and we present the situation to him; at first, he gives the reassuring answers of the mayor, saying that people here have parlors, that the guests come for R. Wagner’s sake and are not concerned with comfort, etc. In response, R. reacts very sharply; I calm but insistent, and in the end, Kolb is persuaded and promises to help.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.