Sun June 19th

Maisie called in her car at 10.30 and took Laura & me to Arkesden. Thousands of boy & girl cyclists all the way out until Bishop's Stortford; and traffic jams all the way back.
Maisie's withdrawal from Protocol makes relationship unreal & spoilt the day: Gordon being affected rather [RG]. John & Lucie there to tea, which was the nicest. Honor had beautifully shined up the house & Julian & I played for a long time on the lawn with marbles I gave him – his first. John & Lucie told how they had got a Father Walsh in for the hauntings, who was grateful: & perhaps Benlow's unsaid prayers may cause the hauntings.