"Returned yesterday from W.H. C. is very tired & has gone for a run to Eastbourne today. He is still busy with drink, but has had to modify his original proposals..."

"Dined with L. G. We had a long talk concerning the war. He thinks we shall have a bad time for two or three months. He says the Russians have no ammunition."

"When I got out of bed I found my neck and chest were covered with a rash. A little man... said he thought it must be German measles (Hun pox)... Beb went off about 10.30."

"My darling... What can I say to you after this short time that you’ve been gone. That I want you back fearfully. ... I am so perplexed & wretched, I want so much to be happy and yet not to make anyone else unhappy."

"News of the loss of submarine in the Dardanelles. This reminds me that Fisher told me he had protested against sending our new submarines to Dardanelles."