July 19 Tuesday

All morning in kitchen boiling up dirty things in soda: & making a huge soup for us four, the widow Guèrin1, Yvonne & her friend Angèle; and deep-oil-frying sardines.
Alan & Beryl went to Rennes, & came back loaded.
Lovely weather. Aired mattresses again.
An ungracious letter from Catherine, answering Laura's letter of congratulations.
Cigarette problem: whether Gauloise-Green or 'High Life' or Chesterfield.
Presents from & to the farm: waffles & cider and junket = chocolates & fruit
We invented additions to 7¼

Editorial Notes

1farmhand at Grand Chevrie eds.