15 June. (15 June 1876)

Rehearsal with Schefzky (Sieglinde). To Fantaisie with Betz, Niemann, Lammert, Richter, and Mannstädt. On the way home, a ghostly cat! – Wagner is ill. I strongly courting Marie Lehmann and behave very badly towards Elise Wiedermann by simply not writing to her anymore and not letting her hear anything from me, after having taken the most tender farewell in Vienna with a thousand assurances. The poor woman is said to have been so offended by my irresponsible behavior that she became ill because of it, and I remained completely indifferent to the news.