My birthday today. Fancy having reached this venerable age. Leon rung me up early in the morning, wishing me the best in a beautiful long speech, which come to an abrupt end, however, when his brother arrived. Anyway I couldn’t speak properly as the family was about. At noon his flowers arrived. I rang him up later to thank him for them. He told me had two books for me. We spoke about Saturday. Can’t decide. – Cooking as usual. We finished rather late. Didn’t meet Leon, didn’t expect to, anyway.