Tuesday 15th (15th August, 1876)

Herr Betz has Siegfried cancelled! He is said to be hoarse, great consternation; the newspapers, already exceedingly malicious, will draw their conclusions from it. — Andrássy, Radowitz, Keudell,[1] all manner of great and lesser personages here — indeed, practically everyone! — R. remarkably composed.

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^{[1] Robert von Keudell (1824–1903), German ambassador in Rome, art enthusiast; cf. note on 19 July 1872.}