Bought an awfully expensive pair of brown shoes.

We’ve had a meeting at the Society of Foreign Affairs. It was about forming a club of those who passed the exams. Of their “Seminary”. It took nearly an hour to get it over. I had to cut gym classes for it.

Gizi phoned just now, there is a ticket for me at the National Theatre for Godiva. I’m awfully glad, I wanted to see it this week. – This morning I had a busy time with the phone. – The performance was really good, the costumes also. The play slightly different from the English version. All the actors and actresses were fine. Especially the 2^nd act was good and amusing too with it’s Jewish doctor. How ever can I marry a Jew Could he ever be as large minded as to rise above eventually pettish insinuations and slights. We took our relatives home with Ervin.

Wanted to go to the Kamara in the afternoon but it was full up. Went to see Zilahy’s Két Fogoly in the Royal Apollo instead. I read the book some time ago so it was a bit new to me. As it is, without previous knowledge of the roman and the psychological explanations it seems a bit light, events happen without enough consequence, without serious reasons to justify or explain them and the ending doesn’t give the satisfactory feeling of it’s really being – the end. The players are very good though, the heroin, G. Bajor very pretty and youthful when she has to act that part; though she must be double of the age she represented. On the whole it is more the short content of the story, then the story itself. – In the morning I went to confession to a Father who is new to me. He was the only one out. But I liked him. He doesn’t speak Hungarian well, as it is much easier to speak quite openly and to explain. I think I’ll try him next time again. The trouble is he is exactly opposite, i. e. his conf. but is opposite to that of the Father who knows me + who used to be my spiritual leader. He thinks too well of me, which is rather embarrassing.

Gym was very good this evening. It is usually so when I don’t feel like going. Emmy (?) was there, only the two of us. It is nice to work with her, she takes it seriously like I do. Nearly fell round my neck when I arrived, just in the nick of time.

I had my initials put into the casq[u]ette. Had to see Dr K. this afternoon. He thought I kept away on purpose. Which is true. The man is mad and I’m no better. Went to the cinema afterwards, saw Gasparone. Might be worse. Some good dance numbers can be seen in it.

Mrs <Kun’s> burial was this afternoon. It was most curios as the first wife, her sister was there too. She had no tears for her at least in public, poor thing. – She was taken from the new cemetery to the crypt in the old one. It was quite a walk. – Afterwards I called at Anci’s, who is in bed, instead of Martha, + took her eggs, new laid ones. She looked very pretty + in best health in her bed. I left when that good looking Dr of hers arrived. Reminded me of someone. I had an idea that on Saturday, when I was at Vincent’s Infirmary she was there too being X rayed and examined altogether. It wasn’t L. who assisted anyway. – I feel quite ashamed about Saturday. How could I behave in that way I wonder. How ever can any man’s doing make such impression on anyone. I’ll have to take more care of my self control. – Later I called at Cica’s too, where I met Martha and Mrs. Mihályi with daughter. It seems her very young son is a fiancé.

Today I bought a silver powder casquette as a recompense for giving up the thought of skiing. I really did want to learn it and it isn’t so expensive if one has everything necessary. As I have nothing it would have been a little bit difficult. As it is, I’m going to buy all the periphernalia bit by bit, now that it is going to be cheaper, being out of the season soon. Anyway I find it good tactics always to ask for something big Mother doesn’t approve of and then be satisfied with something less of which she doesn’t approve either, or wouldn’t in other circumstances, but says nothing against under such.  – Gym lesson is bit short today, on my account.