Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of December 6, 1871

Overview

Wagner declares that even further suffering could no longer make them truly unhappy, and he continues nearing completion of the Nibelungen history. Cosima reorganizes the children's rooms to separate them from the servants and improve household order, writes to her father, and runs errands in town. Kafka's unexpected question about Vienna concerts surprises them, and Schopenhauer closes the evening.

Content

Wednesday, December 6:

R. says, “Even if we had to put up with much further suffering in life, we could no longer be made unhappy.” He works on his Nibelungen history and will soon have it finished. Moved the children’s rooms, to separate them entirely from the servants upstairs and to get things running more smoothly. May God send His blessings! I write to my father. Purchases in town, Boni’s photograph, etc. — In the evening a letter from Dr. Kafka, asking whether R. is really coming to Vienna on February 2, 4—we had heard nothing about it! In the evening Schopenhauer.