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Tonight, I will be continuing the story,

The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield.

So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story.

December 19th.

Find Christmas shopping very exhausting, and paralyzed in the Army and Navy stores, and discovering that list

of Christmas presents is lost, but eventually run it to earth in children's books department.

While there, choose book for Derra Robin, and wish for the hundredth time if Vicky had been less

definite about wanting toy greenhouse and nothing else, this apparently

unprocurable.

Mem.

Take early opportunity of looking up story of the Rock's Egg to tell Vicky.

Rose says try salvages.

I protest, but eventually go there, find admirable, though expensive,

toy greenhouse, and unpatriotically purchase it at once. Decide not to tell Robert this.

Choose appropriate offerings for Rose, Mademoiselle, William, and Angela, who will be staying with us, so gifts

must be above calendar mark, and lesser trifles for everyone else.

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