According to our appointment we met with Leon this evening. It was quite difficult to get away from Marietta whom I promised to go to see, but some of her friends were there too and she knew we were awfully busy with my people coming the next day. He was a darling but it was a torment to be just…

Nothing special happened this week. We did a bit of “spring” cleaning. On Friday Magdi / Mi??? and husband came to see us. She is quite alright. I accompanied them to the East Station and promised to go to see them today. Yesterday again I met Leon. It is getting more than madness and we both…

We tried to make a little order as Martha was coming. She didn’t like our newly distempered wall at all. She was loud in anything but praise. The kid, little Ervin, looks off colour. Pale, fragile, too well bred. For the time. Too silent. Poor little thing. I wish I could do something for him. He…

The painter is here and with him an awful disorder. Leon rang me up when I was still in bed and rand off before I could get to the ‘phone. Later he rang me up however again. We arranged to meet in the afternoon but as he had his Frenchman on his hands I was to ring him up again before starting. I…

After a lot of ‘phoning with Leon on my part our meeting was off. He had a French friend coming. Really the man is the limit. Let me do all the talking. I was at the (empty space) in the evening. The ship was 30 minutes late and Maria was the latest in coming. Somehow she is smaller than I imagined…

This morning we went to the Office of Controlling Foreigners. It was funny. Maria had some difficulties as there were many and she was sent from one place to the other. At last I managed to persuade a man to hep us telling him that they spent only a couple of days here and didn’t want to spend so…

Fetched Maria from the Hotel, we went on the St. Margareth’s Island by bus and returned on foot. For the night we arranged to see János vitéz. Ervin took us there as it was already rather late. The open air stage was very nice, luckily the weather favourable, all the stars out but a bit on the…

This afternoon I had a letter by airpost from Maria saying she would be coming tomorrow. We resolved to take definite steps towards spring-cleaning with Erzsi, in case she stays here if I invite her.

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…