"I had to see the King to tell him about the Conference. He talked a good deal about Lord Kitchener... and asked me to try and fill his place to some extent."

"Had to make exhausting Napoleonic plans with Polly... Beb, obstinately rejecting the advice of Cowans, etc., has had himself gazetted into the R.F.A. ... Called for Mary at Cadogan Square and took her down to Littlehampton..."

"Two letters tonight—I feel gayer. When I arrived at seven I swung round to Venetia, who told me about the new star that was coming to destroy us in two years. I turned quite white..."

"Golfed with L. G., the L.C.J., and Sir Charles Henry... The Chief told me that he did not share L. G.'s pessimistic views regarding the war..."