"We all went to the House... H. asked for another vote of credit, and ended up by a magnificent appeal for unity: simple, pathetic and restrained. ... I ran across to H. of Lords and heard K. for the first time in the Lords."

"We sat up till twelve talking—rather interesting—Edward and I, and Beb and Letty. ... I gained some lights on the creed of the Coterie. I’m sure there is an insidiously corruptive poison in their minds..."

"George Clerk called and asked me to take up the possibility of an expedition to Serbia with the object of bringing in Roumania and Greece."

"Poor D. is very worried. Things are going very very badly with us... McKenna put his foot into it again last week."