though, in spite of everything. When I thought over our talk, it still seemed rather odd.
But at least I’m wiser about one thing, that there really are young people —and of the opposite sex too—who can discuss these things naturally without making fun of them.
I wonder if Peter really does ask his parents much. Would he honestly behave with them as he did with me yesterday? Ah, what would I know about it!
Yours, Anne
Friday, 28 January, 1944
Dear Kitty, Lately I have developed a great love for family trees and genealogical tables of royal families, and have come to the conclusion that, once you begin, you want to delve still deeper into the past, and can keep on making fresh and interesting discoveries. Although I am extraordinarily industrious over my lessons, and can already follow the English Home Service quite well on the wireless, I still devote many Sundays to sorting and looking over my large collection of film stars, which is quite a respectable size by now.
I am awfully pleased whenever Mr. Kugler brings the Cinema and Theatre with him on Mondays. Although this little gift is often called a waste of money by the less worldly members of the household, they are amazed each time at how accurately I can state who is in a certain film, even after a year. Elli, who, on her days off, often goes to the movies with her boy friend, tells me the titles of the new films each week; and in one breath I rattle off the names of the stars who appear in them, together with what the reviews say. Not so long ago, Mum said that I wouldn’t need to go
