Cosima's Diaries

Overview

The household centered on work with the children, but R. was dispirited and resentful about being pushed into public performances. While the narrator handled letters, he withdrew into reading and seemed mentally elsewhere.

Content

Wednesday, January 3:

Work with the children; R. listless and in low spirits, feels he is being driven into the performances like N[apoleon] III into war! Feels that everything he intends to do in this matter should have been done by others. I write letters, he reads Sismondi.