N.B. This conversation book begins on the morning of Monday, January 27, following a long conversation on Sunday, January 26, that essentially ends Heft 20.

[Blatt 1r]

BEETHOVEN [alone at his apartment in suburban Windmühle; presumably the morning of Monday, January 27]:

[Blatt 1v]

SCHINDLER [at Beethoven's apartment; possibly midday on Monday, January 27]: Tomorrow afternoon, I’ll bring another 400–500 fl. that have not yet arrived today. [//] Judge [for yourself ] how [much] Dr. Bach is <your> our friend. //

He [Schindler's financial contact] would have gladly contributed his own money, but he has everything outstanding; this one is entrusted to him by a stranger, for which [sentence ends]. [//]

[Blatt 2r]

BERNARD [later on Monday, January 27]: [Caroline] Unger sang Libussa for the 16th time yesterday. She was with her father at the ball [in the Redoutensaal]; earlier, she was at a children's ball in the Wieden.

The King of Naples was at the ball and was entertained very well. [//] [Blatt 2v] He looks like an old faun. His sideburns hang down almost to his shoulders. Then he wears a very small [three-]cornered hat, and when he laughs, he has a mouth that opens from one ear to the other. He appears to consider everything as only a joke. [//] [Blatt 3r]

In the Cortes [National Assembly] on January 9, the Spaniards heard the dispatch of the Allied monarchs read amid the greatest indignation. The National Assembly has declared that it will not make any changes in the Constitution. [//] [Blatt 3v] The ambassadors have demanded their passports, but they have not yet been given to them. The indignation of the people was extraordinary. [//] Especially now, because we are withdrawing all our troops. [//]

Wouldn't you like to go to a nice ball held by Fräulein [Blatt 4r] Zizius tomorrow? The company will be very select. [//]

He [Zisius] has a substitute, and still remains a professor. [//] He always still wants to get married. //