Thursday 21st (January 21, 1875)

Feustel’s birthday. R. feels a little better but does not attend due to considerable fatigue; I bring the well-wishes and gifts with Eva and Fidi.

^{Banker, politician, entrepreneur, enabler of the Bayreuth enterprise.}

Foehn air, which has a very bad effect on R. In the evening, “The Roman Journey of the Epigones” by Samarov.^[1]–––

^{[1]Another contemporary novel by Oskar Meding, Ps. Gregor Samarow, was published in 1873.}

^{Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.}