JULY, 1943
Fatil one, in my oil one-ty, and two.
But t on coming. At last topped firing and I o go back quot;; again. I finally fell asleep at two.
Seven oclock. I aart and sat up in bed. Mr. van Daan her.
My first t ;Everyt; I everytolen. But no, time it .
e jumped for joy. After ts of yesterday, finally someto the war, hope for peace.
Mr. Kugler dropped by and told us t t factory hard.
Meano , and the
last t to do is no Italy and t the year are keeping us awake. .
Yours, Anne
thURSDAY, JULY 29, 1943
Dearest Kitty,
Mrs. van Daan, Dussel and I remely quiet. to notice, so in order to avoid any questions, I quickly racked my brains for a neutral topic. I t treet mig t I couldnt have been more wrong; if Mrs.
van Daan doesnt jump do, Mr. Dussel does. It all boiled doo this:
Mr. Dussel o Margot and me as an example of excellent ing. e t it t. ttle boy rayed as for t. . . tter. I mentioned someto t effect able tirade.
quot;and t of a c so difficult [!]. But youre far too young to read a book like t. Even a ty-year-old man o compre.quot; (So to Margot and me?)
Mrs. van D. and Dussel continued t;You knooo muc t supposed to. Youve been brouger on, o enjoy anyt ty years ago in some book. Youd better to catco be a disappointment to you. You already knoo kno in practice? ts anotory!”
Can you imagine ? I astonis;You may t been raised properly, but many people would disagree!”