"It is time to take up my diary again, though I feel it is impossible to fill up the gap. C. has been resting all last week, after a slight breakdown as the result of overwork. ... The Ministry of Munitions is now fairly on its legs, after many stormy passages."

"...badgered a bit by Curzon and Selborne, but all very nicely and I gave my answers very promptly . . . Lord K. gave me the signal not to talk about future operations . . . All rather amusing."

"Marigold and I thought we would arrange dinner table, but it wasn't a success."