Last week passed uneventfully. On Saturday we had two letters from the Directory of Finances on account of the new taxes. What a lot of fuss they make, I felt quite flustered, tried to make things, or rather write things ready for them, but couldn’t finish in time. I cooked dinner a bit late for…

The fireplace in the hall was remade today. What a mess it meant. I cooked the dinner and it was excellent except for the soup which was too salty but otherwise hadn’t much of a taste. Erzsi however, dared not say anything against it, I was so amused. Heaps of letters come daily, letters of sympathy…

Today Rilu (?) ‘phoned that the three of them arrived to Karlsbad alright. It seems only the night journey had such a bad effect on Mother that she was always ill. Here everything alright, Ervin not too late in coming. We had our dinner brought from a restaurant, but it wasn’t very good and no too…