imbounded

Updated: May 7, 2025

I could only explain the undiminished zeal of the singers, and particularly of Tichatschek, who seemed to grow lustier and cheerier the longer it lasted, as an amiable trick to conceal from me the inevitable catastrophe. But my astonishment at finding the audience still there in full muster, even in the last act towards midnight filled me with imbounded perplexity.

Richard Wagner - My Life — Volume 1