finished in the winter, and the Russians should already have had Lemberg, Oh! no, I don’t think much of your prophecies.”
Mr. van Daan (standing up): “It’s about time you shut your mouth. One day I’ll show you that I’m right; sooner or later you’ll get enough of it. I can’t bear any more of your grousing. You’re so infuriating you’ll stew in
your own juice one day.” (End of Part I) I really couldn’t help laughing. Mummy too, while Peter sat biting his lip. Oh, those stupid grown-ups, they’d do better to start learning themselves, before they have so much to say to the younger generation!
Yours, Anne
Friday, 19 May, 1944
Dear Kitty, I felt rotten yesterday, really out of sorts (unusual for Anne!), with tummy-ache and every other imaginable misery. I’m much better again today, feel very hungry, but I’d better not touch the kidney beans we’re having today.
All goes well with Peter and me. The poor boy seems to need a love even more than I do. He blushes every evening when he gets his goodnight kiss and simply begs for another. I wonder if I’m a good substitute for Boche? I don’t mind, he is so happy now that he knows that someone loves him.
After my laborious conquest I’ve got the situation a bit more in hand now, but I don’t think my love has cooled off. He’s a darling, but I soon closed up my inner self from him. If he wants to force the lock again he’ll have to work a good deal harder than before!
