Diary Entry of October 17, 1869
Lusch writes to her aunt, and a family lunch is followed by a day spent entertaining the children in wretched weather. Cosima is troubled by a dream in which the older children distress her and Hans appears deeply sad. Don Quixote closes a day marked by maternal unease and the sense that she can never return to her former self.
Sunday, October 17:
Lusch writes to her aunt; afterward family lunch. Wretched weather, all day keeping the children amused. I had a sad dream that my elder children caused me deep worry and that I saw Hans again, and he was so sad. Never again can I become like that! In the evening, Don Quixote.