Ever more lessons, errands, and business affairs. Anxiety concerning the accomodation; R. writes a circular that he will not be able to grant any free places. He reads a history of the Templars.[1] I the last book which Mother sent me, by Taine, “Les Origines de la France contemporaine”. —
Lonely evenings; R. has taken a chill.
[1] Founded in 1119 as an order to protect holy sites, dissolved in 1312, revived as the Knights Templar until 1837; F. Wilke, “Geschichte des Ordens der Tempelherrn” (History of the Order of the Knights Templar), 3 vols., 1826–35; also Michelet, “Procés des Templiers” (Trials of the Templars), 2 vols., 1841–51.
[2] Hippolyte Taine (1828–1893), French historian and cultural philosopher, “Les origines de la France contemporaine” (The Origins of Contemporary France), 6 vols., 1875–94.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins [© Jo Cousins | WAGNER Salon]