"L. G. and I walked on the Heath. He said, 'The King has done a splendid thing. He has led the nation. His pledge to abstain from alcohol during the war is one of the best things that has happened'."

"I had Muriel's company for the weekend... She was very frightened on Sunday [11 April] by the appearance of an airship, which we both thought was a Zeppelin..."

"How can you be so bloody, & why? Is it merely horror at the old generation when compared with the young. ... Anyhow one mustnt quarrel, but you were bloody to me."

"Balfour called in afternoon for tea and discussed Dardanelles attack and armaments."