the conclusion that she is all three and a lot more! She has so many bad qualities, why should I even begin about one of them?
Yours, Anne
PS. Will the reader take into consideration that when this story was written the writer had not cooled down from her fury!
Tuesday, 3 August, 1943
Dear Kitty, Political news excellent. In Italy the Fascist party has been banned. The people are fighting the Fascists in many places— even the army is actually taking part in the battle. Can a country like that wage war against England?
We’ve just had a third air raid, I clenched my teeth together to make myself feel courageous. Mrs. van Daan, who has always said, “A terrible end is better than no end at all,” is the greatest coward of us all now. She was shaking like a leaf this morning and even burst into tears. When her husband, with whom she has just made up after a week’s squabbling, comforted her, the expression on her face alone almost made me feel sentimental.
Mouschi has proved that keeping cats has disadvantages as well as advantages. The whole house is full of fleas, and the plague gets worse every day. Mr. Kleiman has scattered yellow powder in every nook and corner, but the fleas don’t seem to mind a bit. It’s making us all quite nervous, one keeps imagining an itch on one’s arms, legs and various parts of the body, which is why quite a lot of us are doing gymnastics, so as to be able to look at the back of our necks or legs while standing up. Now we’re being paid back for not being more supple—we’re too stiff to even turn our heads properly. We gave up real gymnastics long ago.