In the midst of my work this morning had great bargaining with Brian Moffat. He gave me 20 of his stamps, non-duplicates, for 100. After dinner started off for Ivor and Joe, and found them at home. Ivor showed me his albums again. He has a fine collection. Joe came home fresh from ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ and was full of it. We went up the river boating after a fine feed of apples, and then Joe and I had a delightful swim. Raced home then, changed, got my stamp albums, and walked up to Markie. First we had tennis, then we looked at stamps, I played my Chopin Mazurka and some of the Beethoven Variations, and they seemed to enjoy both very much. Then by chance Mary Shaughnessy happened to mention something about the Kaiser, that his militarism and ambition caused the war etc. I went for her bald-headed, and we had an argument of nearly 2 hours, and of course, had great fun alongside. But it was no use. As soon as I had given the historical view of the war, she began at the beginning again, repeating about the Kaiser. It is no use arguing with women. They simply won’t listen!
