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Richard seemed in a friendly and not very anxious mood. He said he had not brought his fleet as he wanted it to have a rest. He had had a very happy day with three Polish soldiers who were staying at the hotel. He had been for a long walk with them in the evening. They had invited him to visit them in Warsaw. Two of them did not know what had happened to their families; one of them had a child of four; it was all very sad. They also told him about their experiences in bombed Warsaw. He was very sorry for them and talked at length about it to Mrs K. Two of them had left ‘X’, but the third was staying on and had promised to teach Richard to play croquet in the Polish way. He then spoke about the plans for his holiday and said he was looking forward to it.
Mrs K. pointed out that this sounded only partly true. She reminded Richard that at the end of yesterday's session he had been worried about her going away and staying in London.
Richard replied that he did not like to think she would stay in London, but then he quickly returned to the subject of his holiday plans and how he was looking forward to them.
Mrs K. pointed out that he was trying to turn his thoughts away from what he felt to be the injured Mummy whom he could not