human
It is nothing! Only rather a bore! said Cosima, after reading it.
gpt
Two elderly people, named Schott, husband and wife, announce that they will visit us this evening after supper. They are very worthy people, but he, at one time, did Wagner a serious wrong, and Wagner, without exactly holding resentment, yet has not been able to forget. Moreover, these good people are very narrow and stiff, not at all talkative: we shall not know what to do, it will be dull, and all our pleasant, sympathetic atmosphere will be disturbed.
human
It might be possible, said I,
gpt
True enough, but what?
human
You might have some music.
gpt
Wagner would not feel like it, I know him: under such circumstances he does not know at all how to dominate, but he grows listless and loses his good humour.
human
That mustn't be! I exclaimed.
gpt
It is absolutely necessary to think of something!
human
Ah yes! Do help us out of it if possible, but do not count upon me, I feel utterly incapable of an idea that would be in the least amusing.