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Richard was very subdued. His parents and Paul had come to see him but they had gone back a day earlier than they had intended. He said he did not want the toys and did not feel like drawing. He had hated leaving Mrs K. yesterday, he was so fond of her. He then spoke about the news and said he was glad about Sollum being captured; but he still felt doubts about the situation in general. Would the Allies be able to beat the Germans on so many fronts? (He said this earnestly and with concern.) Then he reported what he called a ‘funny dream’.
He was in Berlin. A German boy about his own age was ‘bellowing’ at him in German, saying something insulting to him about his being British and having no right to be there. Richard bellowed back so loudly that the boy was terrified and ran away. There were also a few other boys there, nice ones who spoke English like English boys. Richard talked to Mr Matsuoka, blaming him for his policy. Matsuoka was at first friendly, but then ‘turned nasty’ because Richard teased him by threatening to break his ‘billy-glass’ (monocle). Then suddenly Mummy was also there and spoke to Matsuoka as if he were an old acquaintance, but she took no