Thursday, July 27:
News today that Herr von Baligand has quarreled with the management committee and departed! Who will now prepare the palace for the princely guests? Absurdities like this are a daily occurrence now! At dinner: the Niemanns, Wilhelmj, the Richters.
In the afternoon, costume rehearsal. Little pleasure in it: much conventionalism, lack of beauty, little inventiveness, and too much ornateness. R. again splendid in his patience and kindness! On top of all this, servant troubles at home!