FN returns to Basel without joining Overbeck in Bayreuth as planned. The king of Bavaria then comes to the rescue with a grant of 100,000 Thaler. FN continued to be plagued by ill health. Wagner holds that marriage is the key to FN's recovery. Darstellung der antiken Rhetorik.
Work begins on the third meditation.
He and the three others request explicitly that their advocacy be recorded in the official record. Wagner brings him to his house and FN feels much better on the following day. The altercation concerning the Triumphlied occurs. FN brings the score and recommends it. Wagner, however, laughs at the idea of constructing a piece of music around the idea of justice and thinks the piece is quite inadequate.